See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS FRANCCOIS See also:

• LOUIS FRANCCOIS BOUFFLERS
• BOUFFLERS, STANISLAS JEAN, CHEVALIER DE (1737-1815)

BOUFFLERS  , Duc DE, See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de Cagny (1644-1711), See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1644 . He entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and saw service in 1663 at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Marsal, becoming in 1669 See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of dragoons . In the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine (167o) he served under Marshal de Crequi . In See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland he served under See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne, frequently distinguishing himself by his skill and bravery; and when Turenne was killed by a See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon-shot in 1675 he commanded the See also:

• REAR

rear-guard during the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French army . He was already a brigadier, and in 1677 he became marechal de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . He served throughout the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with increasing distinction, and in 1681 became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He commanded the French army on the Moselle, which opened the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of the See also:

• LEAGUE

League of See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg with a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of victories; then he led a See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps to the Sambre, and reinforced See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• FLEURUS

Fleurus . In 1691 he acted as lieutenant-general under the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person; and during the investment of See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons he was wounded in an attack on the See also:

• TOWN

town . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present with the king at the siege of See also:

• NAMUR
• NAMUR (Flemish, Namen)

Namur in 1692, and took See also:

• PART

part in the victory of Steinkirk . For his services he was raised in 1692 to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of marshal of France, and in 1694 was made a See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke . In 1694 he was appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of French See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders and of the town of See also:

• LILLE

Lille . By a skilful manceuvre he threw himself into Namur in 1695, and only surrendered to his besiegers after he had lost 8000 of his 13,000 men .

In the conferences which terminated in the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• RYSWICK, TREATY OF

Ryswick he had a See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share . During the following war, when Lille was threatened with a siege by See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough and See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene, See also:

• BOUFFLERS, LOUIS FRANCCOIS
• BOUFFLERS, STANISLAS JEAN, CHEVALIER DE (1737-1815)

Boufflers was appointed to the command, and made a most gallant resistance of three months . He was rewarded and honoured by the king for his See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Lille, as if he had been victorious . It was indeed a See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph; his enemy, appreciating his merits, allowed him to dictate his own terms of See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation . In 1708 he was made a peer of France . In 1709, when the affairs of France were threatened with the most urgent danger, Boufflers offered to serve under his junior, See also:

• VILLARS, CLAUDE LOUIS HECTOR DE, PRINCE DE

Villars, and was with him at the battle of See also:

• MALPLAQUET

Malplaquet . Here he displayed the highest skill, and after Villars was wounded he conducted the retreat of the French army without losing either cannon or prisoners . He died at See also:

• FONTAINEBLEAU

Fontainebleau on the 22nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 171I . See F .. ., See also:

• VIE

Vie du Mal. de Boufflers- (Lille, 1852), and Pere See also:

• DELARUE, GERVAIS (1751–1835)

Delarue's and Pere See also:

• POISSON, SIMEON DENIS (1781-1840)

Poisson's Oraisons funebres du Mal . B . (1712) .