in the autumn of 1677 2,000 french, polish and tatar soldiers arrived in upper hungary. this small army, led by colonel beaumont, wasn't able to seriously threaten habsburg supremacy. royal hungary became one theatre of the european war between emperor leopold i and louis xiv. the president of the viennese "hofkriegsrat", raimondo montecuccoli draw a plan of "pacification" under the title ""l'ungheria nell'anno 1677"". according to that royal hungary would be occupied by three austrian armies, the remnants of the hungarian constitution abolished and a grand-scale program of german colonisation implemented. chancellor paul hocher, one of the most influential man in the habsburg government, agreed with montecuccoli's plan. in the privy council he declared that "all hungarians are traitors".