CHAPTER XVI

Condé proceeds to Bordeaux, where he is rejoined by his relatives--He opens the campaign with success, but is soon obliged to remain on the defensive--Return of Mazarin--Condé on the Loire--Battle of Bléneau--He leaves his army and proceeds to Paris--His futile negotiations--Battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine--Massacre of the Hôtel de Ville--The Fronde grows daily more discredited--Condé quits Paris and joins the Spaniards on the Flemish frontier--The Fronde at Bordeaux--Sanguinary affrays between the _Ormée_ and the _Chapeau Rouge_--Courage and presence of mind displayed by the Princesse de Condé and Madame de Longueville in separating the combatants--Surrender of Bordeaux--The princess sails for Flanders to rejoin her husband--Her reception at Valenciennes--She is cruelly neglected by Condé--She removes from Valenciennes to Malines--Her miserable existence--Condé applies to the Spanish Court for financial assistance--Brilliant military qualities displayed by him in the service of his country’s enemies--The princess gives birth to a daughter--Peace of the Pyrenees--Return of Condé and his wife to France 225–234

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