Excerpt from Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2: A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History
The value of his services was soon made evident. Twice, at the head of very inferior troops, he checked Cond in the career of Victory; and again compelled him to fight under the walls of Paris; where, in the celebrated battle of the Fau bourg St. Antoine, the prince and his army narrowly escaped destruction. Pi nally, he re-established the Court at Paris, and compelled Cond to quit the realm. These important events took place in one campaign of six months in 1652.
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