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Nay, he will in his own person fight, if necessary, and rather likes the thought of it: he saw Oudenarde in his young days; and, I am told, traces in himself a talent for Generalship.
It is incredible that the French King is not willing to make peace, if the Whigs did not profit too much by the war to give peace any encouragement." To these arguments for peace, Defoe opposed himself steadily in the Review. "Well, gentlemen." he began, when the news came of the battle of Oudenarde, "have the French noosed themselves again?
who baffled Walpole in the cabinet, and conquered with Marlborough at Ramilies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet; and, last, how at that present moment, even while we were speaking, the heir to all these noble reminiscences, the young chief of this princely line, had already won, at the age of twenty-nine, by the manly vigour of his intellect and his hereditary independence of character, the confidence of his fellow-countrymen, and a seat at the council board of his sovereign.
At the same time the bishops of Bruges and Ypres, the high bailiffs of Ghent and Courtrai, the governor of Oudenarde, and other important magistrates, were arrested accused of complicity with the duke, but of what particular offence the lawless demagogues did not deign to specify.
On reaching the Oudenarde gate, the counsellor and the burgomaster prudently made a short detour, so as not to pass within reach of the tower, in case it should fall; then they turned and looked at it attentively. "I think that it will fall," said Van Tricasse. "I think so too," replied Niklausse. "Unless it is propped up," added Van Tricasse. "But must it be propped up? That is the question."
He joined just before Oudenarde; and, as Esmond feared, as soon as Frank Castlewood heard of his arrival, Frank was for seeking him out, and killing him. The wound my lord got at Oudenarde prevented their meeting, but that was nearly healed, and Mr. Esmond trembled daily lest any chance should bring his boy and this known assassin together.
Parma recals the foreign troops Siege of Oudenarde Coolness of Alexander Capture of the city and of Nineve Inauguration of Anjou at Ghent Attempt upon his life and that of Orange Lamoral Egmont's implication in the plot Parma's unsuccessful attack upon Ghent Secret plans of Anjou Dunkirk, Ostend, and other towns surprised by his adherents Failure at Bruges Suspicions at Antwerp Duplicity of Anjou The "French Fury" Details of that transaction Discomfiture and disgrace of the Duke His subsequent effrontery His letters to the magistracy of Antwerp, to, the Estates, and to Orange Extensive correspondence between Anjou and the French Court with Orange and the Estates Difficult position of the Prince His policy Remarkable letter to the States-general Provisional arrangement with Anjou Marriage of the Archbishop of Cologne Marriage of Orange with Louisa de Coligny Movements in Holland, Brabant, Flanders, and other provinces, to induce the Prince to accept sovereignty over the whole country His steady refusal Treason of Van den Berg in Gueldres Intrigues of Prince Chimay and Imbize in Flanders Counter efforts of Orange and the patriot party Fate of Imbize Reconciliation of Bruges Death of Anjou
From Nivelles, the movement spread to Ghent, Bruges, Lille, Ypres, Oudenarde, Damme, Courtrai, Alost, Dixmude, etc., and even to Northern France and Western Germany.
On the next day, Wednesday, the 11th of July, a party of our troops, under the command of Biron, which had been sent on in advance to the Escaut, discovered, after passing it as they could, for the bridges were not yet made, all the army of the enemy bending round towards them, the rear of their columns touching at Oudenarde, where they also had crossed.
Hitherto they had contented themselves with secret assemblies by night; now they thought themselves numerous and formidable enough to venture to these meetings openly and publicly. This license commenced somewhere between Oudenarde and Ghent, and soon spread through the rest of Flanders.
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