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and the recommendations for promotions following the campaign's conclusion, he felt overlooked in favor of officers he deemed less qualified. He nurtured ambitions of attaining the rank of field marshal. While his arguments were occasionally valid and his insights often accurate, his strong desire for recognition, lingering resentment, inflexibility, and the fervor with which he expressed his opinions increasingly irritated, especially the
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363:... if the valiant Republic, to whom Protestant civilization owes an inestimable debt, was to be deprived of its fruition in modern times, condemned for ever to be a minor Power while rivals grew so great, this was the fatal scene. Here by the cross-roads of bodeful Waterloo, as earlier upon the heaths of Peer, the destinies of Holland turned; and upon that milestone there may well be inscribed the not otherwise noticeable name of Slangenberg.
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Nevertheless, a significant consequence of the battle was the enhancement of
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Little chance of winning; great chance of suffering severe losses in defeat; - that double consideration should have deterred from engaging in battle, and we are fully convinced that
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After his performance at Ekeren, Van Baer became even more outspoken and assertive. He not only refused to support a request for Obdam's rehabilitation but also openly clashed with other Dutch commanders and
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Catholic, and therefore was denied a career in government. A career in the army was the obvious choice. Overcoming the challenges posed by his faith, he had a distinguished career in the Dutch Army, participating in the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years' War and the War of the
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of 1672 onwards, promotions followed one another in rapid succession. On 27 October 1672, he was made a major in the first
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between the Dutch senior officers were extremely poor due to mutual rivalries and antipathies. At the same time, the cautious Dutch senior officers were suspicious of their
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yielded no results. After a vicious smear campaign, Van Baer withdrew in bitterness to the Slangenburg estates. Shortly after his dismissal, his reputation suffered further damage when, in a fit of anger, he nearly beat to death one of his servants.
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were vying for his favour. Slangenburg eventually effectively resigned from the States Army in 1690, but two years later, at William III's intercession, he was retroactively appointed lieutenant general of infantry.
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