text:  This last success gave the Allies the entire command of Liege and concluded this short but glorious campaign in the course of which they had made themselves masters by main force in presence of the French army of four fortified towns conquered all Spanish Guelderland opened the Meuse as far as Maestricht carried the strong castles of Liege by storm advanced their standards from the Rhine far into Flanders and become enabled to take up their winter quarters in the enemy's territory amidst its fertile fields