of Bourbon, made rich by the "System," felt under
obligations to Law, and offered money and the carriage of Madame de
Prie, his mistress. Law refused the money and accepted the carriage. He
repaired to Brussels, taking with him only eight hundred louis. Scarcely
was he gone when his property, consisting of lands and shares, was
sequestrated.

FOOTNOTES:

[27] A company headed by Anthony Crozat. It was chartered in 1712, and
formed a commercial monopoly in Louisiana.--ED.

PRINCE EUGENE VANQUISHES THE TURKS

SIEGE AND BATTLE OF BELGRAD

A.D. 1717

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

This struggle marked the disastrous end of a determined effort of
the Ottoman empire to recover lost possessions. It also resulted in
giving all Hungary, with Belgrad and a part of Servia, permanently
to Austria. After their last great invasion of Austrian territory
and their crushing defeat by Sobieski and the Imperialists (1683),
the Turks suffered many losses of territory at the hands of various
European powers. In 1696 Peter the Great took from them Azov, an
important entrance to the Black Sea. By the treaty of the Pruth
(1711) this, with other Russian possessions, was again ceded to the
Turks.

The temporary success led them to seek further recoveries. Their aim
was chiefly directed against Austria and Venice, which had
aggrandized themselves at the expense of the Moslem power. Turkish
victories caused the Venetians to call in the aid of Austria. The
Austrian intervention not only saved Venice, but once more checked
the Turkish arms.

The Emperor Charles VI appointed as leader of the Austrian forces
Prince Eugene of Savoy, already distinguished through a long series
of wars as one of the greatest soldiers of his time, the companion
of Marlborough. In 1716 Eugene defeated the grand vizier at
Temesvar, and in the following year took Belgrad and destroyed the
Turkish army, as told in his own racy and cavalier style.

From all sides men flocked to serve under me. There were enough to form
a squadron of princes and volunteers. Among the former a Prince of
Hesse, two of Bavaria, a Bevern, a Culenbach, one of Wuertemberg, two of
Ligne, one of Lichtenstein, of Anhalt-Dessau, the Count of Charolai, the
Princes of Dombes, of Marsillac, of Pons, etc.

The Emperor made me a present of a magnificent diamond crucifix, and
strongly assured me that all