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The battle of Senef is remarkable not merely for the fury with which it was fought, or for its leaving victory undecided, but as being the last combat of one commander and the first of the other. The campaign of 1675 offered no remarkable event; the Prince of Orange with great prudence avoiding the risk of a battle.
"Dinner was at six o'clock in the magnificent gallery where the souvenirs of the great Conde were displayed in all their pomp, and the eyes fell on fine pictures of the battles of Rocroy, Senef, Fribourg, and Nordlingen, inspiring some regret for the life led by the heir of so much glory.
The addition of five hundred immigrants annually during the whole period of Louis XIV's reign would have given Canada in 1700 a population of five hundred thousand. It was thought that the mother country could not spare so many; and yet the cost in men to France of a single battle, the bloody victory of Senef in 1674, was eight thousand French soldiers.
In all the islands and peninsulas of the Indies, water is to be found by digging. In this last mentioned place there is a very lofty mountain, which is entirely inhabited by slaves and fugitives. From thence, in ten days, they arrive at Senef, where is fresh water, and from whence comes the aromatic wood which we call Hud al Senefi.
State of the Republic after the Peace of Munster State of England William II. Stadtholder His ambitious Designs and Violent Conduct Attempts to seize on Amsterdam His Death Different Sensations caused by his Death The Prerogatives of the Stadtholder assumed by the People Naval War with England English Act of Navigation Irish Hostilities Death of Tromp A Peace with England Disturbed State of the Republic War with Denmark Peace concluded Charles II. restored to the English Throne Declares War against Holland Naval Actions Charles endeavors to excite all Europe against the Dutch His Failure Renewed Hostilities De Ruyter defeated Peace of Breda Invasion of Flanders by Louis XIV. He overruns Brabant and Flanders Triple League, 1668 Perfidious Conduct of Charles II. He declares War against Holland, etc., as does Louis XIV. Unprepared State of United Provinces William III. Prince of Orange Appointed Captain-General and High Admiral Battle of Solebay The French Invade the Republic The States-General implore Peace Terms demanded by Louis XIV. and by Charles II. Desperation of the Dutch The Prince of Orange proclaimed Stadtholder Massacre of the De Witts Fine Conduct of the Prince of Orange He takes the Field Is reinforced by Spain, the Emperor, and Brandenburg Louis XIV. forced to abandon his Conquests Naval Actions with the English A Peace, 1674 Military Affairs Battle of Senef Death of De Ruyter Congress for Peace at Nimeguen Battle of Mont Cassel Marriage of the Prince of Orange Peace of Nimeguen.
The day after the battle the body of the hero and the casket were found by his surviving companions; and the squire of Douglas finding it was impossible to convey it to Jerusalem, brought back the king's heart to Scotland, and it was interred in Melrose Abbey. Marshal de Nevailles. At the battle of Senef, the Prince of Condé sent word to Marshal de Nevailles to be ready to engage the enemy.
These were the conditions on which a truce was granted to the conqueror of the plains of Senef, Fleurus, of Steerekirk, and of La Marsalle; to him who had hitherto held in the folds of his royal mantle peace and war; to him who called himself the distributer of crowns, the chastiser of nations, the great, the immortal; to him in whose honor, during the last half century, marbles had been sculptured, bronzes cast, sonnets written, and incense poured.
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