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- Henri de La Tour dâAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne - Command of the French forces in Germany
- Henri de La Tour dâAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne - Background and early military successes
How did Turenne persuade most of the mutinous German cavalry to return to French service?
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Henri de La Tour dâAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1665; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
When the German cavalry in the French Army of Germany mutinied and retreated across the Rhine in 1647, Turenne successfully persuaded most of them to return to French service through the strength of his own powerful personality. He achieved this by marching alongside the mutinous troops deep into Germany for three months until he was able to convince them to return.1