 He first arranged for other German states to obstruct the passage of Munster troops and promised to send a French army corps to Germany.Louis was still unwilling to act against England under the 1662 defensive treaty, so he revived his attempts to mediate a settlement.The French ambassadors, with de Witt's assent, offered to accept the loss of the New Netherlands and of two West African posts seized by Holmes and to return a third post seized by de Ruyter.