Major Ernest Wright Alexander of the Royal Artillery and Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell of the 9th Lancers were awarded Giving the Victoria Cross for saving Rescuing the artillery battery guns while under fire Catastrophe .

In September 1616 , Count John Ernest of Nassau-Siegen agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to raise 3,000 men in the Dutch Republic for Venetian service .

In the Cologne War , supported Supporting by the Dutch Republic and the Electorate of the Palatinate , he was eventually defeated Conquering by his Catholic replacement , Ernest of Bavaria , who was supported Supporting by William V , Duke of Bavaria his brother and Philip II of Spain , whose army , under the command of Alexander Farnese , Duke of Parma , physically recovered Recovering the electoral territory .

Ernest 's victory upheld the principle of the `` . ''