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Show t[ ,I 6 ] Grate went ttl tbe H£guc himfetf foo~ a~ret thC'B!ttteli of 'Rafnellies to ~oncett ~th t1;~ 6tares,<how thar Vitl:ory mtght be tmprov ~o the <heft Advanrage,ancl t.o haiten the Preparations fot' it;. ,.':fhey, I believe, cbuld te,ll .us;thllt if what his Grac; pro~os'd.and pr~fs d lf<Dr· p had. been comply d wtth, _that Campaign had been frill greater th. ant~ wa~, and ~ad enabled trS'tO pulh the War tl1 Fland;rr, l't~iib: the. !ike Vigor the nex't ·Year ; winch tfor rthe Reafons I have alre:~dy hinted, was •fpenr without •much Action; the :F're~cb de!(;! in'lng to fighr, and the Allies on thetr part ha.virtg no Indination to it, nor Force;: : ·nough to> make a Siege without g;eat. dtfftrolry : Not that. the"Duke of M ---- lumfelf •W:iS for fitting frill ; but the States were fo frightned with the Batte! of Alman'Ut, ·and -the Invafion of Gcrma,y, that they waul~ not 1et him i}:ir . . ThusJthe Duke could nett~er carry rhe War out of Fla11Jm, 1not· a~ wtth Vigour in it; foch. ~as the Fate of tins Campaig'n; ahd rhe fa rue it mufr have been ?f 'a11 tucceeding Ones, had nol: the Duke latd :nold'of the Opporruniry, .which .the chang.e of A!ff{!irs in Iraty .. gavc htm to trtcreafe ~ts ·A1:my by that' Addition of Troops, whtch rhe•E~1peror was ,pre.vail'd ,w!t~ r9 fend ~o ·hlm,otherwife 'there was ·n?thm~ to be ho~/ : f.ot-.but from Battels; whtch"1t1s very ea Y foil.the Enemyro avoid in Fla,qm; and •when they c.·n1 be attack'd, 'cis · w~th more \)'Iazard than the States care . to run fo ~~ar l l:lome efpecially co&~fidering, rhat the httle , W6rlt; our Allles give the , Frenlfh 1po': . the .,;Rhme., 1and.._in- S.;t~of1 lea~e .. tl1tll1~! ab hbet~Y •· .c tQ [ 17 J to bring--what··N umbers, tl]ey P.leafe ag~iqdl: the Fliqulm Army. 1)wre _was no J,t<;l«i\11~ Way of f.JVC\\)Oming this D.ifi;ieuJ,y, ~q){thaf which the Duk(t took to pr~ure a B~ of Troo·p~ to join him f ronx rl)e Rhine;, _where I have a)re:;~dy lhewn yo\~, they would h~y~ been of n·o ufe at aJI. .... 'l • 1 :r.o 'Tis to thi? we owe all , the Succeffe~ \\i~ have had in Flanrlm for thefe three !aft GarrJ... paigri~, in w~1!ch, thiough the indt:fati}5abl* Care and Dthgence of my L,ord M --- ang the. perf~a; good Agreement between. hi pi and Prine~ E~<gme, things ~1aye been .'d9t1,e, that Pofreiity will wondt;~ at; the FrSU'\!}Yf that was tl:tought impenetrable ' is not an4£ broken into, but ~horou§h ; .the Work. of l}alf an Age has been undone, Places have,bes:J1 taken, upon which an infinite Treafure 'h\'s been [pent; and the Enemy have been r~ duc'd fo low, after all the Advantages with which they began this War, that had OUI Engineers been at all equal to our Gcneral.s, the A!Ues bad been now upon the ;Sotf111'S which ~ou' d have lefr the Frenah no roum J9 doubt,. whether they fhould give them the; Peace tl1ey dem:1nded, or-not. But we: )i!y but half the Advantage the· A.,llies had in aCl:1 ing offenfivejy in Flanders, if, we tonfij.ler on~ ly the Succeffes of our- A-rnls on tha tcS.idc. The VigQr .with which the)' act<eq here;. was at the .h1me time, th.: faving ,(!11 th-e weak. Parts of the Allianc(!'from the ·Dange ~ they would otherwife have beqJ. 'expos~d tq. ~-hd the Allies been. upon r~ l)c{enJist:en§y 1n Flqnders, the F..mcb ;wquld n6t ha-ve b~eu COnt(\lilt -to ·be fo in . the o<hct Seats -qf ,fl\C l C z \Y:~r. |