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courtiers back home as one of Louis XIV's greatest victories, and people at
Versailles, which was still under construction, had Louis XIV portrayed in the War Room as a Roman horseman trampling down a group of Germanic soldiers. Louis was not satisfied however; the crossing should have been his moment of glory, but Condé had drawn all the attention by personally taking part in the battle and being wounded. Louis would resent him very much for this.
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cavalry, who fled after a short fight. In gold and silver armour, the Maison du Roi, the best horsemen of the French army, consisting of the highest nobles, crossed the river. Condé and other commanders made their way across in barges, and the French king also made his way to the bank, to inspire his soldiers with bravery by his presence.
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The French crossing at
Tolhuis had at a stroke rendered the Dutch defence line on the river IJssel untenable. This would leave the entire eastern part of the Dutch Republic open to the French army. Despite the facts that the odds had been heavily in favour of Louis, the French victory was seen by his
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But the resistance of the Dutch foot soldiers was quickly broken by the fierce attacks of the French cavalry and completely dispersed. The soldiers who were not killed are made prisoners and no one escaped. The loss on the Dutch side at the battle of
Tolhuis is estimated at 1,500. The Louis XIV army
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By now, 6,000 French horsemen had arrived on the left bank of the Rhine and Condé, placing himself at their head, advanced to attack the Dutch infantry. Those foot soldiers were few in number, weak and poorly composed, and completely discouraged by the flight of their horsemen. They recognised that
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The French cavalry continued the crossing of the river uninterrupted, and now in larger and more closed units, thus breaking the power of the current and avoiding losses. The crossed troops formed into squadrons on the river bed, and, having a sufficient numerical superiority, attacked Würtz's
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Würtz arrived at the river on 12 June; the French army had already lined up in battle order across the river. Würtz then positioned his three companies of cavalry at the river crossing. A few hundred metres away at
Tolhuis castle, he placed a regiment of Frisian infantrymen and his guns.
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who did reach the other bank of the river were attacked by Würtz's cavalry and forced back to the shallow riverbed. However, there they regrouped and a minor firefight ensued, during which the Dutch cavalry was forced to move back a little from the river bank by the enemy's cannon fire.
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The Dutch troops did not have time to entrench themselves and by now the French had set up a battery of 12 cannons that opened fire on the Dutch force. By then, the French army was nearly finished with their construction of a pontoon bridge. Condé, Louis's commander in chief, send the
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at the time. Here the possibility of what consequences it would have if the French crossed the Rhine was discussed. After the consultation, Major
General Jean Barton de Montbas, a Frenchman in Dutch service, moved into his headquarters
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with 2,000 cavalryman to cross the river. Initially, the French encountered difficulties due to the current of the river and a number of
Frenchmen drowned in the Rhine. The
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they had no way of resisting or escaping the enemy. When Condé himself, in a strongly commanding tone, told these troops to lay down their arms, they were ready to do so.
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Louis attacked. In total some 130,000 troops marched on the
Republic, 20,000 of those were left to blockade Maastricht.
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Republic: Ignatius of Kingma, A Frisian Colonel in the Disaster Year 1672
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took over command. He had the French army split into two parts. One part advanced towards
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to take that city, while the other half would attempt to take Arnhem.
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forts. Together with his allies, the bishops of
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Rampjaar 1672: Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte
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Most of the 19,000 strong Dutch field army led by the
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Louis XIV as portrayed in the War Room of Versailles
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1041:Battles involving the Dutch Republic
994:] (in Dutch). H. A. M. Roelants.
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321:Low Countries and Lower Rhine
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267:Location within Netherlands
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955:References
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792:Background
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633:Espouilles
628:Maureillas
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208:Paul Würtz
79:51°51′42″N
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