valry crossed the Rhine with de Gramont they broke into
mutiny, declaring that they were raised to fight in Germany 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 and
bravery by which, with altogether insufficient forces--raised, equipped
and paid to a large extent from his private purse--he had for two years
guarded the Rhine frontier from invasion by the united forces of Bavaria
and Austria. Hector's regiment had been left at Philippsburg when
Turenne marched away; but the marshal told him that there was no
occasion whatever for him to remain with it during the winter. He
thought indeed that it would be advantageous that he should pay a short
visit to