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At first nothing important was done, but the Spaniards and Germans were worn out, while two young and able captains were growing up among the French  the Viscount of Turenne, younger son to the Duke of Bouillon, and the Duke of Enghien, eldest son of the Prince of Condé  and Richelieu's policy soon secured a brilliant career of success. AT FIRST NOTHING IMPORTANT WAS DONE BUT THE SPANIARDS AND GERMANS WERE WORN OUT WHILE TWO YOUNG AND ABLE CAPTAINS WERE GROWING UP AMONG THE FRENCH THE VICOMTE OF TURENNE YOUNGER SON TO THE DUKE OF BOULOGNE AND THE DUKE OF ONION ELDEST SON OF THE PRINCE OF CONDI AND THE RICHELIER'S POLICY SOON SECURED A BRILLIANT CAREER OF SUCCESS
ars' War had been raging in Germany for many years, and France had taken no part in it, beyond encouraging the Swedes and the Protestant Germans, as the enemies of the Emperor. But the policy of Richelieu required that the disunion between its Catholic and Protestant states should be maintained, and when things began to tend towards peace from mutual exhaustion, the cardinal interfered, and induced the Protestant party to continue the war by giving them money and reinforcements. A war had already begun in Italy on behalf of the Duke of Nevers, who had become heir to the duchy of Mantua, but whose family had lived in France so long that the Emperor and the King of Spain supported a more distant claim of the Duke of Savoy to part of the duchy, rather than admit a French prince into Italy. Richelieu was quick to seize this pretext for attacking Spain, for Spain was now dying into a weak power, and he saw in the war a means of acquiring the Netherlands, which belonged to the Spanish crown. TALY THE THIRTY YEARS WAR HAD BEEN RAGING IN GERMANY FOR MANY YEARS AND FRANCE HAD TAKEN NO PART IN IT BEYOND ENCOURAGING THE SWEDES AND THE PROTESTANT GERMANS AS THE ENEMIES OF THE EMPEROR BUT THE POLICY OF RICHELIEU REQUIRED THAT THE DISUNION BETWEEN ITS CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT STATES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND WHEN THINGS BEGAN TO TEND TOWARDS PEACE FROM MUTUAL EXHAUSTION THE CARDINAL INTERFERED AND INDUCED THE PROTESTANT PARTY TO CONTINUE THE WAR BY GIVING THEM MONEY AND REINFORCEMENTS A WAR HAD ALREADY BEGUN IN ITALY ON BEHALF OF THE DUKE OF NEVER WHO HAD BECOME HEIR TO THE DUCHY OF MANTUA BUT WHOSE FAMILY HAD LIVED IN FRANCE SO LONG THAT THE EMPEROR AND THE KING OF SPAIN SUPPORTED A MORE DISTANT CLAIM OF THE DUKE OF SAVOY TO PART OF THE DUCHY RATHER THAN ADMIT A FRENCH PRINCE INTO ITALY RICHELIEU WAS QUICK TO SEIZE THIS PRETEXT FOR ATTACKING SPAIN FOR SPAIN WAS NOW DYING INTO A WEAK POWER AND HE SAW IN THE WAR A MEANS OF ACQUIRING THE NETHERLANDS WHICH BELONGED TO THE SPANISH CROWN
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