attempts at a peace which appeared at first so brilliant, like
the rays of the rainbow, but which also, like that phenomenon,
only terminated in rain, i.e., tears. The negotiations were
begun in April and terminated in the first week in June. The
type of the reverse occurs on another medal struck at the outbreak
of the war, and described at p. 232.
189. N e g o t ia t io n s f o b P e a c e . 1709.
A rainbow, stretching over mountains and corn-fields, &e. ;
same as the preceding.
Rev. Two right hands united issuing from clouds. Leg.
©in ©djetm ber§ @uti) meint. (Shame to him who thinks well of
this.)
1‘35. Yan Loon, Y. 137.
No specimen of this medal has been met with : it is also the
work of Christian Wermuth. The reverse warns the Allies
against the want of faith of Louis XIY. in the negotiations.
It was generally considered by his enemies that he was not
sincere in his offers, and only made them to get time to recruit
his armies, and to ascertain the feelings of his subjects.
190. C it y o f T ournay t a k e n , July, 1709.
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with pearls, lovelock on the
right shoulder, in gown and mantle tied in a knot on the left
shoulder. Leg. anna . d : g : mag : b b i : f r a : e t . h ib : b e g :
Below, i. c. (John Croker.) Same as Nos. 64, 141, 157.
Rev. Pallas seated, r., rests her arm upon her Gorgon shield
and holds a spear murally crowned; near her a pile of arms
and flags; a town in the distance. Leg. tornaco . ex pv g n a t o .
(Tournay taken.) Ex. m d c c ix .
l -55. Rapin, viii. 3. Van Loon, V. 141. Thes. Num.
924. Lochner, YU. 129.
MB. Æ. Æ. Not uncommon.
Tournay was the first place attacked by the Allies after the
failure of the negotiations for peace at the Hague. Villars,
styled the invincible, and a master of the art of stratagem, was
so deceived by the manoeuvres of Marlborough, that he materially
weakened the garrison of Toumay, and neglected to
provision it. The Duke then suddenly marched upon it, invested
it, and compelled it to surrender -§-§■ July, 1709. The
garrison retired into the citadel, which was defended till forced
to surrender at discretion f ^ ; . Tournay was the strongest
place belonging to France, and was protected by outworks which
had been constructed by Vauban. The citadel was considered
the most perfect of its kind, and a pompous inscription pronounced
it impregnable ; and from the number of its mines it
was called the » Imperial Labyrinth.” The operations, therefore,
of its siege were of the most extensive character.
191. C it y o f T oubnay ta k e n , July, 1709.
The Lion of the United Provinces, with double tail, r.,
within a wattled fence. Leg. n e s c i v s f e e r e iv g vm . E x .
l i b e r t a s p a t r e e . Similar to Nos. 153, 156, 165, 168, 182.
Rev. Hope, facing, holds in one hand her dress and an opening
flower, and carries in the other a Victory: before her is spread
a plan of Tournay. Leg. clavstra ga llorvm r e s e r a t a to r naco
c a pto . (The barriers of France opened by the capture of
Tournay.) Ex. xxix iv l . m dc c ix .
P5 . Yan Loon, V. 141. Thes. Num. 924.
No specimen of this medal has been met with. The barriers
of France were burst by the possession of Tournay, which
placed in the hands of the Allies a rich and fertile district of
the French Netherlands. By giving to the figure on the reverse
the symbols of Hope and Victory, the artist meant to intimate
the expectation that this conquest would lead the way to
further successes. The illustrations in Van Loon and in the
Thes. Num. both give the direction of the Lion to the right, but
on the medals above referred to it is always to the left.
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