text: Louis placed little reliance on his agreement with Leopold and as it was now clear French and Dutch aims were in direct conflict, 
  he decided to first defeat the Republic, then seize the Spanish Netherlands. This required breaking up the Triple Alliance; he paid 
  Sweden to remain neutral and signed the 1670 Secret Treaty of Dover with Charles, an Anglo-French alliance against the Dutch 
  Republic. In May 1672, France invaded the Republic, supported by Münster and the Electorate of Cologne.[43] 
  
  Rapid French advance led to a coup that toppled De Witt and brought William III to power. 
  Leopold viewed French expansion into the Rhineland as an increasing threat, especially after 
  they seized the strategic Duchy of Lorraine in 1670. The prospect of Dutch defeat led Leopold 
  to an alliance with Brandenburg-Prussia on 23 June, followed by another with the Republic on 
  25th.[44] Although Brandenburg was forced out of the war by the June 1673 Treaty of Vossem, 
  in August an anti-French alliance was formed by the Dutch, Spain, Emperor Leopold and the 
  Duke of Lorraine.[45] 
  
  The French alliance was deeply unpopular in England, and only more so after the 
  disappointing battles against Michiel de Ruyter's fleet. Charles II of England made peace with 
  the Dutch in the February 1674 Treaty of Westminster. However, French armies held 
  significant advantages over their opponents; an undivided command, talented generals like 
  Turenne, Condé and Luxembourg and vastly superior logistics. Reforms introduced by 
  Louvois, the Secretary of War, helped maintain large field armies that could be mobilised 
  much more quickly, allowing them to mount offensives in early spring before their opponents 
  were ready.[46] 
  
  Louis XIV, 1670, by Claude 
  Lefèbvre 