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See also:BOUFFLERS, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS FRANCCOIS , Duc DE, See also:comte de Cagny (1644-1711), See also:marshal of See also:France, was See also:born on the loth of See also:January 1644. He entered the See also:army and saw service in 1663 at the See also:siege of Marsal, becoming in 1669 See also:colonel of dragoons. In the See also:conquest of See also:Lorraine (167o) he served under Marshal de Crequi. In See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland he served under See also:Turenne, frequently distinguishing himself by his skill and bravery; and when Turenne was killed by a See also:cannon-shot in 1675 he commanded the See also:rear-guard during the See also:retreat of the See also:French army. He was already a brigadier, and in 1677 he became marechal de See also:camp. He served throughout the See also:campaigns of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time with increasing distinction, and in 1681 became See also:lieutenant-See also:general. He commanded the French army on the Moselle, which opened the See also:War of the See also:League of See also:Augsburg with a See also:series of victories; then he led a See also:corps to the Sambre, and reinforced See also:Luxemburg on the See also:eve of the See also:battle of See also:Fleurus. In 1691 he acted as lieutenant-general under the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king in See also:person; and during the investment of See also:Mons he was wounded in an attack on the See also:town. He was See also:present with the king at the siege of See also:Namur in 1692, and took See also:part in the victory of Steinkirk. For his services he was raised in 1692 to the See also:rank of marshal of France, and in 1694 was made a See also:duke. In 1694 he was appointed See also:governor of French See also:Flanders and of the town of See also:Lille. By a skilful manceuvre he threw himself into Namur in 1695, and only surrendered to his besiegers after he had lost 8000 of his 13,000 men.
In the conferences which terminated in the See also:peace of See also:Ryswick he had a See also:principal See also:share. During the following war, when Lille was threatened with a siege by See also:Marlborough and See also:Eugene, Boufflers was appointed to the command, and made a most gallant resistance of three months. He was rewarded and honoured by the king for his See also:defence of Lille, as if he had been victorious. It was indeed a See also:species of See also:triumph; his enemy, appreciating his merits, allowed him to dictate his own terms of See also:capitulation. In 1708 he was made a peer of France. In 1709, when the affairs of France were threatened with the most urgent danger, Boufflers offered to serve under his junior, See also:Villars, and was with him at the battle of See also:Malplaquet. Here he displayed the highest skill, and after Villars was wounded he conducted the retreat of the French army without losing either cannon or prisoners. He died at See also:Fontainebleau on the 22nd of See also:August
171I.
See F.. ., See also:Vie du Mal. de Boufflers- (Lille, 1852), and Pere See also:Delarue's and Pere See also:Poisson's Oraisons funebres du Mal. B. (1712).
End of Article: BOUFFLERS, LOUIS FRANCCOIS
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