and would not fight in France. Turenne crossed and endeavoured
to get them to return to their duty, recalling to them how nobly
they had fought under him, and appealing to them in the strongest
way not to desert him now. A portion of them gave in to his entreaties,
but the rest rode away to effect a junction with the Swedish army,
and he was therefore deprived of a considerable portion of the
force that had been the mainstay of his little army. Upon the other
hand, the Archduke Leopold marched away to Bohemia to oppose the
Swedes, who had gained several successes in that direction. Turenne,
however, determined to carry out one more enterprise before the
winter set in, and to reinstate the Elector of Treves, who had been
deprived of his dominions for twelve years, in consequence of his
having entered into an alliance with France. In order to effect
this he marched in the first week in November with a small force
of infantry and his cavalry to the Moselle, a distance of forty
leagues.

He was joined by some of Enghien's troops from Metz, and on the
14th of November he invested Treves. The Imperialists were unable
to gather a force of sufficient strength to relieve the town, which
was, therefore, after a short resistance, forced to capitulate.
The small garrisons from other towns in the elector's dominions
were speedily driven out and the elector restored to his possessions,
a result doubly gratifying, since his restoration produced a
widespread effect among the German princes who had thrown in their
lot with France, while the material advantage was no less, as it
closed a door through which the Imperialists, when in sufficient
force, could at any time pour their troops into France. This brought
the campaign of 1645 to a close. Turenne was called to Paris,
where he received the honours that were due to him for the skill