Among the prisoners captured Conquering was General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers who had been wounded Bodily_harm in the storming Catastrophe of Malta , and among the treasure was an ornate seventeenth century cannon once owned Employment by Louis XIV .

Peter the Great also gained Getting further prestige in Europe , and won Louis XIV as an ally .

In the long term , the peasant war of 1653 prevented Preventing_or_letting Switzerland from an excessive implementation of absolutism as occurred Coming_to_be in France during the reign of Louis XIV .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by the XIV Reserve Corps the Germans on the north side of the Somme attacked Attack again and took Conquering Mametz on 29 September .

Attacks Attack in the XVIII Corps sector from the right flank of the Fifth Army , north to Poelcappelle , were costly and gained Getting little ground but the attack Attack of XIV Corps from Poelcappelle to the French First Army boundary beyond the Ypres–Staden railway , reached Arriving the fringe of Houthoulst Forest .

After the outbreak Process_start of the war , a Swedish army under the command Control of King Eric XIV marched Self_motion into Halland .

In September 1914 , during the Race to the Sea , the divisions of the German XIV Corps advanced Cause_to_make_progress on the north bank of the Somme westwards towards Albert and Amiens , passing through Martinpuich .

The Nine Years ' War ( 1688–1697 ) , often called Name_conferral the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg , was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Louis XIV of France and a European coalition of the Holy Roman Empire ( led by Austria ) , the Dutch Republic , Spain , England and Savoy .

Louis XIV of France had emerged Coming_to_be from the Franco-Dutch War in 1678 as the most powerful monarch in Europe , an absolute ruler who had won numerous military victories .

Using a combination of aggression , annexation , and quasi-legal means , Louis XIV set about Process_start extending Change_event_time his gains to stabilize and strengthen France 's frontiers , culminating in the brief War of the Reunions ( 1683–1684 ) .

The Truce of Ratisbon guaranteed Commitment France 's new borders for twenty years , but Louis XIV 's subsequent actions—notably his Edict of Fontainebleau ( the revocation of the Edict of Nantes ) in 1685—led to the deterioration of his military and political dominance .

Louis XIV 's decision Deciding to cross the Rhine in September 1688 was designed Creating to extend his influence and pressure the Holy Roman Empire into accepting Receiving his territorial and dynastic claims .

The fighting Hostile_encounter generally favoured Supporting Louis XIV 's armies , but by 1696 his country was in the grip of an economic crisis .

Louis XIV also accepted Receiving William III as the rightful King of England , while the Dutch acquired Getting a Barrier fortress system in the Spanish Netherlands to help Assistance secure their borders .

With the ailing Cure and childless Charles II of Spain approaching Arriving his end , a new conflict Hostile_encounter over the inheritance of the Spanish Empire embroiled Catastrophe Louis XIV and the Grand Alliance in the War of the Spanish Succession .

While the war 's Irish name emphasises its aspect as a domestic conflict between James and William , some contemporaries and many modern commentators have viewed Perception_active it as part of a wider European conflict known as the Nine Years ' War or War of the Grand Alliance in which William , as Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic , led a multi-national coalition against France under Louis XIV .

King Louis XIV confronted Confronting_problem the combined Cause_to_amalgamate opposition Hostile_encounter of the princes , the nobility , the law courts ( `` parlements '' ) , and most of the French people , and yet won out in the end Process_end .

Louis XIV , impressed Change_sentiment as a young ruler with the experience of the Fronde , came to reorganize Reforming_a_system French fighting Hostile_encounter forces Hostile_encounter under a stricter hierarchy whose leaders ultimately could be made or unmade by the King .

The edict of Nantes was revoked Removing later in 1685 with the Edict of Fontainebleau by Louis XIV of France .

They were opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the rival claimant , the Bourbon Philip , Duke of Anjou , ruling Legal_rulings as Philip V of Spain , and his patron and ally , Louis XIV of France .