ABSTRACT
Specialised studies have rather ignored the Huguenot soldiers in Dutch service, and consequently there is little attention paid to them in more general works on Dutch politics in the late seventeenth century. This chapter highlights some essential features of their commitment and professional contribution by way of providing a provisional sketch of the their significance and role in the army of the United Provinces. The Nine Years' War forced the Dutch to strike abroad as well, and the chapter discusses two case-studies; Huguenot soldiers played an important part in the Dutch invasion of England in 1688, and were part of an expeditionary force in Piedmont in the early 1690s. It also highlights the unique and fleeting interaction between William of Orange and Huguenot soldiers in the last twenty years of his life. More than anything else it elucidates not 'Dutch' policy or designs, but Williamite ones.
