Memoirs of Great Commanders, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Great Commanders, Vol. 2 of 2 Henry de la Tour d´Auvergne, Viscomte de Turenne, was born at Sedan on the Meuse, the 11th September, A. D. 1611. He was the second son of Henry Duke of Bouillon, by marriage, sovereign of Sedan, a prince whose distinguished military and political talents had rendered him the friend, the companion, and the adviser of Henry the Fourth of France, during all the civil dissensions that desolated that country towards the middle of the sixteenth century. Henry, in gratitude for his services, brought about his marriage with the heiress of Sedan; and from that union sprung the famous Marechal de Turenne. His brother, destined to succeed to his father´s honours and estates, being five years older than himself, was soon separated from him and sent to pursue his military studies in Holland, while the young Turenne, a delicate and feeble boy, remained at Sedan, under the immediate care of his father. Many anecdotes are related of him during infancy, displaying his great natural inclination towards the profession of arms. His father having observed that his weak constitution would never be able to sustain the fatigues of war, Turenne, to prove his hardiness, is said to have escaped from his preceptor, and making his way to the ramparts, to have there passed the greater part of a severe winter´s night. After a long search, he was found asleep upon the carriage of one of the cannons. In another instance, at a very early age, he challenged one of his father´s officers for speaking disrespectfully of Quintus Curtius, his favourite author. The officer, to amuse the Duchess of Bouillon, Turenne´s mother, accepted the defiance, and the young duellist was punctually upon the ground. There however, instead of an adversary, he found a hunting breakfast prepared; and his mother having appeared as second to his antagonist, the business was laughed off and forgotten. Turenne´s first studies were slow and laborious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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