Editing The Fronde (section)

===December 1651 – February 1653===
In December 1651, Cardinal Mazarin returned to France with a small army. The war began again, and this time, Turenne and Condé were pitted against each other.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=248}}

After that campaign, the civil war ceased, but in the several other campaigns of the [[Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)#Later War (1648–1659)|Franco-Spanish War]] that followed, the two great soldiers were opposed to one another, Turenne as the defender of France, Condé as a Spanish invader.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=248}}

The début of the new Frondeurs took place in [[Guyenne]] (February–March 1652), while their Spanish ally, the archduke Leopold Wilhelm, captured various northern fortresses. On the [[Loire]], where the [[center of gravity (military)|centre of gravity]] was soon transferred, the Frondeurs were commanded by intriguers and quarrelsome lords, until Condé's arrival from Guyenne. His bold leadership made itself felt in the [[Battle of Bléneau|Bléneau]] (7 April 1652) in which a portion of the royal army was destroyed, but fresh troops came up to oppose him. From the skillful dispositions made by his opponents, Condé felt the presence of Turenne and broke off the action. The royal army did likewise. Condé invited the commander of Turenne's rearguard to supper, chaffed him unmercifully for allowing the prince's men to surprise him in the morning, and by way of farewell remarked to his guest, {{lang|fr|"Quel dommage que de braves gens comme nous se coupent la gorge pour un faquin"}} ("It's too bad decent people like us are cutting our throats for a scoundrel")—an incident and a remark that displayed the feudal arrogance which ironically led to the iron-handed absolutism of Louis XIV.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=248}}

After Bléneau, both armies marched to Paris to negotiate with the {{lang|fr|parlement}}, de Retz and Mlle de Montpensier, while the archduke took more fortresses in [[Flanders]], and [[Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine|Charles, duke of Lorraine]], with an army of plundering mercenaries, marched through Champagne to join Condé. As to the latter, Turenne maneuvered past Condé and planted himself in front of the mercenaries, and their leader, not wishing to expend his men against the old French regiments, consented to depart with a money payment and the promise of two tiny Lorraine fortresses.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=248}}

A few more manœuvers, and the royal army was able to hem in the Frondeurs [[Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine|in the Faubourg St. Antoine (2 July 1652)]] with their backs to the closed gates of Paris. The royalists attacked all along the line and won a signal victory in spite of the knightly prowess of the prince and his great lords, but at the critical moment Gaston's daughter persuaded the Parisians to open the gates and to admit Condé's army. She herself turned the guns of the [[Bastille]] on the pursuers. An insurrectionist government appeared in Paris and proclaimed Monsieur lieutenant-general of the realm. Mazarin, feeling that public opinion was solidly against him, left France again, and the bourgeois of Paris, quarreling with the princes, permitted the king to enter the city on 21 October 1652. Mazarin returned unopposed in February 1653.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=248}}