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Storm Over Lorraine

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The Ambassador Prepares for War

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During the night of August 25, an express courier from Paris galloped into The Hague with troubling news for the States General. A French army was marching toward the frontier of the Spanish Netherlands. The prince of Tarento had announced his resignation from his offices under the States General.

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    Herbert H. Rowen

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Rowen, H.H. (1957). Storm Over Lorraine. In: The Ambassador Prepares for War. International Scholars Forum. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4778-3_12

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