11 . IVL . e t x i i i . avg. (In the battle on land, 11 July and 18
Aug.) ; another, surmounted by a mural crown, is inscribed,
AVGVSTA VLMA LANDAV TRARBACH GIBRALTAR ALIISQVE RECEPTIS.
(Augsburg, Ulm, Landau, Trarbach, Gibraltar, and other places
taken) ; the third, surmounted by a naval crown, is inscribed,
pvgna na v a li . ^ ¡ f a v g v s t i. (In the naval action, August.)
Ex. annvs m dooiv. (The year 1704— ) Leg. g e rm a n is a n g l is
BATAVIS FELICISSIM9.— G ALLIS HISPANIS BAVARIS INFELICISS. ( to
the Germans, English, and Dutch most prosperous : to the
French, Spaniards, and Bavarians most unprosperous.)
Rev. Inscription, lvdovico magno q v i b avar is d e b e l l a t is
G ALLIS TOTIES DEVICTIS SOCls ELECTORIB9 BIS SVBAOTIS GERMANIS
ANGLIS BATAVIS TRIVMPHANTIBVS SVIS OLASSIBVS FVGATIS
ET INCENSIS A FOEDERATIS, PACEM EXPEOTAT PETIT ANNO MDCOV.
(To Louis the Great, who, after the Bavarians were defeated,
the French so often subdued, his Electoral allies twice beaten,
the Germans, English, and Dutch victorious, his own fleets
put to flight and burnt by the Allies, awaits and sues for peace
in the year 1705.)
2. Bapin, iv. 1. Yan Loon, V. 4. Thes. Num. 489.
MB. Æ,. Very rare.
This medal is by Christian Wermuth, and is described in his
Catalogue, 1713, No. 4, p. 83. It commemorates the events
of the year 1704, so prosperous to the Allies, but so disastrous
to the French, and the endeavours made by Louis XIV. early
in 1705 to obtain a peace. In order that he should not appear
as the originator of the scheme, Louis suggested that the
proposals should be submitted by Switzerland to the Allies.
The attempt, however, failed, partly on account of the jealousy
which existed between the Catholic and Protestant Cantons,
and partly because the Allies, who had received information
of the negotiations, showed no disposition to accept the conditions
which were to be offered to them. The inscription on
the reverse is a sarcastic retort upon Louis XIV. for a medal
which he ordered to be made in 1679, upon the Peace of
Nimeguen of the previous year (See Van Loon, III. 258), and
which was restruck in 1697 and the date altered to apply to the
Peace of Ryswick. (See No. 471, p. 178.)
78. P r o je c t s o f P e a c e . 1705.
Three short pillars or cippi, &c.; same as the preceding.
Leg. GERMANIS ANGLIS BATAVIS FELICISSM9.— GALLIS HISPANIS
PAVAR (sic). INFELICISSIM9.
Rev. Inscription, lvdovicvs magn9 a sv is h a b it 9 mox p a r w s
ERIT TOT GALLOR . BAVARORVMQ . MILLIBVS OCCISIS ET CAPTIS
PRIVATVS TOT VRBIBVS CASTELLISQVE DEVICTIS ET SVBACTIS
EXVTVS TOT CLASSIVM SVARVM NAVIBVS INCENSIS ET FVGATIS
SPOLIATVS A GERMANIS ANGLIS BATAVIS VBIQVE SVPERATVS HISPANIS
FRVSTRA IMPONENS A TOTA FERE EVROPA FOEDERATA
HACTENVS SPRETA COACTVS PACEM PETET VIX IMPETRABIT ANNO
mdcov. (Louis, deemed the Great by his own people, will soon
become small; deprived of so many thousand Frenchmen and
Bavarians slain and taken prisoners, stripped of so many cities
and fortresses conquered and subdued, despoiled of so many
ships of his fleets by their being burnt and put to flight, conquered
everywhere by the Germans, English, and Dutch, in
vain imposing on the Spaniards, and compelled by the hitherto
despised Confederation of nearly all Europe, he will seek for
peace and scarcely will obtain it in the year 1705.)
2. MB. electrotype from Gotha, 2R. Extremely rare.
This medal is also by Christian Wermuth, and is described
in his Catalogue, 1718, No. 5, p. 34. The inscription on the
reverse is slightly varied from that on the preceding medal, but
is of the same import.
79. T h e F r e n c h L in e s f o r c e d in B r abant and F l a n d e r s .
1705.
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet, lovelock on the right
shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front. Leg. a n n a .
D G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. Below, I . BOSKAM . F.
Same as Nos. 20, 21, 33, 48.
Rev. The Duke of Marlborough, on horseback, commanding
at an attack on the French lines; the city of Namur in the
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