Thus encouraged, the emperor refused to accede to the terms demanded. He was required to give up the Netherlands, and all his foreign possessions, and to retire to his hereditary dominions. "What a severe sentence," exclaimed Count Zinzendorf, the emperor's ambassador, "have you passed on the emperor. No malefactor was ever carried with so hard a doom to the gibbet." The armies again took the field. Eugene, again, though with great reluctance, assumed the command of the imperial forces. France had assembled one hundred thousand men upon the Rhine. Eugene had but thirty thousand men to meet them. He assured the emperor that with such a force he could not successfully carry on the war. Jealous of his reputation, he said, sadly, "to find myself in the same condition as last year, will be only exposing myself to the censure of the world, which judges by appearance, as if I were less capable, in my old age, to support the reputation of my former successes." With consummate generalship, this small force held the whole French army in check. CHAPTER XXV. CHARLES VI. AND THE TURKISH WAR RENEWED. From 1735 to 1730. Anxiety Of Austrian Office-Holders.--Maria Theresa.--The Duke Of Lorraine.--Distraction Of The Emperor.--Tuscany Assigned To The Duke Of Lorraine.--Death Of Eugene.--Rising Greatness Of Russia.--New War With The Turks.--Condition Of The Army.--Commencement Of Hostilities.-- Capture Of Nissa.--Inefficient Campaign.--Disgrace Of Seckendorf.--The Duke Of Lorraine Placed In Command.--Siege Of Orsova.--Belgrade Besieged By The Turks.--The Third Campaign.--Battle Of Crotzka.--Defeat Of The Austrians.--Consternation In Vienna.--Barbarism Of The Turks.--The Surrender Of Belgrade.