The emperor was no sooner informed of his design, than he took every step which he thought could divert him from his purpose.

He sent the count Mansfeldt to Turin with proposals for a match between the king of the Romans and the princess of Savoy, as well as with offers to augment his forces and his subsidy; but the duke had already settled his terms with France, from which he would not recede.
Prince Eugene, though his kinsman, expressed great indignation at his conduct.

The young prince de Commercy was so provoked at his defection that he challenged him to single combat, and the duke accepted of his challenge; but the quarrel was compromised by the intervention of friends, and they parted in an amicable manner.

He had concealed the treaty until he should receive the remaining part of the subsidies due to him from the confederates.

A considerable sum had been remitted from England to Genoa for his use; but lord Galway no sooner received intimation of his new engagement, than he put a stop to the payment of this money, which he employed in the Milanese for the subsistence of those troops that were in the British service.