глумливоеЛюбопытную гравюру удалось откопать в компьютерных залежах - "Испания проигрывает в кости голландскую крепость Шенк":
В своей "Истории Голландии" Джордж Эдмундсон пишет следующее:
In the early spring of 1635, therefore, a French force entered the Netherlands and, after defeating Prince Thomas of Savoy at Namur, joined the Dutch army at Maestricht. Louis XIII had given instructions to the French commanders, Chatillon and de Breze, to place themselves under the orders of the Prince of Orange; and Frederick Henry at the head of 32,000 foot and 9000 horse now entered the enemy’s territory and advanced to the neighbourhood of Louvain. Here however, owing to the outbreak of disease among his troops, to lack of supplies and to differences of opinion with his French colleagues, the prince determined to retreat. His action was attended by serious results. His adversary, the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand, was a wary and skilful general. He now seized his opportunity, rapidly made himself master of Diest, Gennep, Goch and Limburg, and took by surprise the important fort of Schenck at the junction of the Waal and the Rhine. Vexed at the loss of a stronghold which guarded two of the main waterways of the land, the stadholder at once laid siege to Schenck. But the Spanish garrison held out obstinately all through the winter and did not surrender until April 26,1636. The Dutch army had suffered much from exposure and sickness during this long investment and was compelled to abstain for some months from active operations. Ferdinand thereupon, as soon as he saw that there was no immediate danger of an attack from the north, resolved to avenge himself upon the French for the part they had taken in the preceding year’s campaign. Reinforced by a body of Imperialist troops under Piccolomini he entered France and laid the country waste almost to the gates of Paris. This bold stroke completely frustrated any plans that the allies may have formed for combined action in the late summer.
Тем не менее крепость удалось отбить объединенными усилиями Франции и Провинций, что не замедлили отразить в своем агиттворчестве голландские карикатуристы: кардинал-инфант Фердинанд, проигрывая, хватается за голову, граф Нассау, принц Оранский и кардинал Ришелье, соответственно, выигрывают партию, попирая аццких католических монахов (что особенно интересно, учитывая вероисповедание и род деятельности французского участника). Улепетывают прочь Папа Римский, Филипп IV и, если я правильно разобрала надпись, император Фердинанд II.
В своей "Истории Голландии" Джордж Эдмундсон пишет следующее:
In the early spring of 1635, therefore, a French force entered the Netherlands and, after defeating Prince Thomas of Savoy at Namur, joined the Dutch army at Maestricht. Louis XIII had given instructions to the French commanders, Chatillon and de Breze, to place themselves under the orders of the Prince of Orange; and Frederick Henry at the head of 32,000 foot and 9000 horse now entered the enemy’s territory and advanced to the neighbourhood of Louvain. Here however, owing to the outbreak of disease among his troops, to lack of supplies and to differences of opinion with his French colleagues, the prince determined to retreat. His action was attended by serious results. His adversary, the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand, was a wary and skilful general. He now seized his opportunity, rapidly made himself master of Diest, Gennep, Goch and Limburg, and took by surprise the important fort of Schenck at the junction of the Waal and the Rhine. Vexed at the loss of a stronghold which guarded two of the main waterways of the land, the stadholder at once laid siege to Schenck. But the Spanish garrison held out obstinately all through the winter and did not surrender until April 26,1636. The Dutch army had suffered much from exposure and sickness during this long investment and was compelled to abstain for some months from active operations. Ferdinand thereupon, as soon as he saw that there was no immediate danger of an attack from the north, resolved to avenge himself upon the French for the part they had taken in the preceding year’s campaign. Reinforced by a body of Imperialist troops under Piccolomini he entered France and laid the country waste almost to the gates of Paris. This bold stroke completely frustrated any plans that the allies may have formed for combined action in the late summer.
Тем не менее крепость удалось отбить объединенными усилиями Франции и Провинций, что не замедлили отразить в своем агиттворчестве голландские карикатуристы: кардинал-инфант Фердинанд, проигрывая, хватается за голову, граф Нассау, принц Оранский и кардинал Ришелье, соответственно, выигрывают партию, попирая аццких католических монахов (что особенно интересно, учитывая вероисповедание и род деятельности французского участника). Улепетывают прочь Папа Римский, Филипп IV и, если я правильно разобрала надпись, император Фердинанд II.
