...both armies march to Paris to negotiate …
Years: 1652 - 1652
May
...both armies march to Paris to negotiate with the parlement, de Retz and Mlle de Montpensier, while the archduke takes more fortresses in Flanders, and Charles, duke of Lorraine, with an army of plundering mercenaries, marches through Champagne to join Condé.
As to the latter, Turenne maneuvers past Condé and plants himself in front of the mercenaries, and their leader, not wishing to expend his men against the old French regiments, consents to depart with a money payment and the promise of two tiny Lorraine fortresses.
