Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutonga kwake kwakatanga muHondo Yamakore Makumi Matatu uye muhondo yeFrance neSpain. Mugadziri wake wehondo, Vauban, akava nomukurumbira nokuda kwamasvingo ake ane mativi mashanu, uye Jean-Baptiste Colbert akatsigira mari youmambo sezvinobvira. French yaitongwa neRhine League yakarwisana neOttoman Turks pa
Hondo yeSaint Gotthard muna 1664. Hondo yacho yakakundwa navaKristu, zvikurukuru kupfurikidza nokurwisa kwoushingi kwavarwi vechiFrench 6.000 vaitungamirirwa naLa Feuillade naColigny.