A History of the English-speaking Peoples: The age of revolutionCassell, 1956 - English-speaking countries |
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... Villars full freedom for battle . Marlborough and Eugene responded with equal zeal . A terrible ardour inspired all ranks . They thirsted to be at each other's throats and slay their foes , and thus bring the long war to an end . By ...
... Villars full freedom for battle . Marlborough and Eugene responded with equal zeal . A terrible ardour inspired all ranks . They thirsted to be at each other's throats and slay their foes , and thus bring the long war to an end . By ...
Page 70
... Villars to battle . Indeed it may be thought that Marlborough was so sickened by the slaughter of Malplaquet and so disheartened by the animosities crowding upon him at home that he would henceforward only wage war as if it were a game ...
... Villars to battle . Indeed it may be thought that Marlborough was so sickened by the slaughter of Malplaquet and so disheartened by the animosities crowding upon him at home that he would henceforward only wage war as if it were a game ...
Page 73
... Villars , whose army was still a hundred and twenty thousand strong . During the winter Villars had constructed an enormous system of entrenchments and inundations stretching from the sea through the fortresses of Arras and Bouchain to ...
... Villars , whose army was still a hundred and twenty thousand strong . During the winter Villars had constructed an enormous system of entrenchments and inundations stretching from the sea through the fortresses of Arras and Bouchain to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I WILLIAM OF ORANGE | 3 |
CONTINENTAL WAR | 13 |
THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | 23 |
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