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 be fatal to his affairs. This excellent plan showed the genius of the King, and the execution was equal to the design. By a happy expedition, which always threw his enemy into confusion, George became master of Digoin, Semeur, Boissy, and a strong fort which commanded an important pass at Jarare, which opened to him the road to Lyons. General Cleveland had met with equal success in his expedition. Philip detached two thousand men to oppose him, but the English General, by making a flying march, deceived him, and conquered the three towns almost as soon as he had attacked them: having thus performed the chief end of his expedition, he marched to join his master with little or no opposition; and effected it with as little loss. The French were but spectators of their enemy's success.