snperbes dtendards. They bore “ Pro honore et patria

5. Oudenarde. Town of eastern Flanders, besieged by William of Orange after Seneffe, but relieved by Conde.

6. Besanqon. Former capital of Franche-Comte, now in the department of the Doubs. After a siege of three weeks, the town surrendered, May 15, 1674.

7. la Franche-Comt6. Province of eastern France lying along the Jura mountains. It formerly belonged to Burgundy and went over to the rule of Spain with that duchy through Charles the Fifth. It had already been overrun by the French in the war which ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668). This time the conquest occupied six weeks.

NOTES

8. en Alsace. Reference to the campaign of 1674-1675, conducted by Turenne against greatly superior forces. Louis was with the army from May to July, 1675.

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