As I have said before, Louis XIII.

did not long allow the Spaniards to enjoy the advantages they had gained.

All the towns in Picardy were soon retaken, and the King, urged on by Chavigny, determined to punish the governors of these places for surrendering them so easily.

My father's uncle was included with the others.

This injustice was not to be borne.
My father represented the real state of the case and used every effort, to save his uncle, but it was in vain.