He besieged and took the town of Dreux, of which the castle alone persisted in holding out.

He cut off the provisions which were being brought by the Marne to Paris.

He kept Poitiers strictly invested.
Lesdiguieres defeated the Savoyards and the Spaniards in the valleys of Dauphiny and Piedmont.

Count Mansfeld was advancing with a division towards Picardy; but at the news that the king was marching to encounter him, he retired with precipitation.

From the military as well as the political point of view, there is no condition worse than that of stubbornness mingled with discouragement.