The civil war in France had ceased…

The civil war in France had ceased after the campaign of December 1651, but in the several other campaigns of the Franco-Spanish War that follows, the two great soldiers are opposed to one another, Turenne as the defender of France, Condé as a Spanish invader.

The début of the new Frondeurs takes place in Guyenne (February–March 1652), while their Spanish ally, the archduke Leopold Wilhelm, captures various northern fortresses.