The French, having created their Rhineland defensive…

September 1689 CE

The French, having created their Rhineland defensive barrier, fend off the Germans as best they can, but Marshal Duras lacks the troops to defeat the enemy.

These early French victories are partly reversed when Mainz falls on September 8, 1689, to a German force commanded by Duke Charles of Lorraine while ...

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Mainz Rheinland-Pfalz Germany View →

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Charles V, Duke of Lorraine View → Frederick I of Brandenburg-Prussia View → Jacques Henri de Durfort, 1st Duke of Duras View → Leopold I View → Louis XIV of France View → William III, Prince of Orange View →

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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Bavaria, Wittelsbach Duchy of View → Saxony, Electorate of View → Palatinate, Electoral (Wittelsbach) View → Brandenburg, (Hohenzollern) Margravate of View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Savoy, Duchy of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire View → England, (Stewart, Restored) Kingdom of View → League of Augsburg View →

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Nine Years' War View → Louis XIV's Rhenish Invasion View →

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