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deprived the Emperor of all the supplies which otherwise he might expect
assistance which the Palatinate received from Transylvania and Hungary.
at an end, when this old and formidable enemy.html">enemy.html">enemy of Austria overran Hungary
his progress that, to protect Austria and Hungary, Boucquoi was obliged
Neuhausel, as, shortly before, the no less valiant Dampierre had fallen
irresistible; the old Count Thurn, and several other distinguished
irreconcileable enemy of Austria. A vigorous attack on the side of
retrieved the fortunes of Frederick; but, unfortunately, the Bohemians
and the latter was always exhausted at the very moment that the former
disguise he entered the Lower Palatinate, of which the possession was at
Upper Palatinate having been long conquered. A ray of hope.html">hope shone upon
member of the Union, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden, had for some
a considerable army. Its destination was kept a secret till he suddenly
resigned his Margraviate to his son, in the hope of eluding, by this
unsuccessful. His neighbour, the Duke of Wirtemberg, likewise began to
laboured assiduously to renew the Protestant Union. It was now time for
troops, under Corduba, to his assistance. But while the enemy was
latter was defeated by the Bavarian general near Wimpfen (1622).
To defend a king whom his nearest relation persecuted, and who was
adventurer without money, and whose very legitimacy was questioned. A
hazard the uncertain fortune of war in behalf of a stranger. And now
illustrious ancestry, undertook the defence of a cause which the former
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