The defensive lines of Vauban led to the Treaty of Ryswick ending, for 10 points, what 1688-1697 war that pitted pretty much everyone in Europe in a namesake coalition against Louis XIV of France?
Thomas Tallemache was defeated in this war after reportedly refusing to believe a goofy-looking polygonal building could really be a defensive tower, losing the Battle of Camaret. Control of the fortress at Pinerolo proved crucial in this conflict, which broke the Peace of Ratisbon. In this war, a random fisherman named Herve Riel was given command of a fleet after its captains proved too scared to flee through the treacherous Race of Alderny. The Duke of Noailles captured Camprodon on its Catalonian front, and it turned after Victor Amadeus of Savoy reached a separate peace. The Duc de Luxembourg enveloped the Prince of Waldeck at Fleurus, a rare open battle in this war that mostly saw naval clashes like Beachy Head and La Hogue and sieges like Namur. The defensive lines of Vauban led to the Treaty of Ryswick ending, for 10 points, what 1688-1697 war that pitted pretty much everyone in Europe in a namesake coalition against Louis XIV of France?
Thomas Tallemache was defeated in this war after reportedly refusing to believe a goofy-looking polygonal building could really be a defensive tower, losing the Battle of Camaret.
War of the Grand Alliance [or Nine Years War; or War of the League of Augsburg; or War of the Palantine Succession; prompt on "Williamite War" or "King William's War"]