As soon as the detachment had gone, Marin went straight to the King and told him what had occurred.

This was a service which procured for me several obliging discourses from his Majesty, who during the rest of the siege always sought to say something agreeable every time he met me.
The twenty-seventh day after opening the trenches, that is, the first of July, 1692, a parley was sounded by the Prince de Barbanqon, governor of the place,--a fortunate circumstance for the besiegers, who were worn out with fatigue; and destitute of means, on account of the wretched weather which still continued, and which had turned the whole country round into a quagmire.

Even the horses of the King lived upon leaves, and not a horse of all our numerous cavalry ever thoroughly recovered from the effects of such sorry fare.

It is certain that without the presence of the King the siege might never have been successful; but he being there, everybody was stimulated.

Yet had the place held out ten days longer, there is no saying what might have happened.