Marlborough and the War of the Spanish Succession

Download or read book Marlborough and the War of the Spanish Succession written by Gerald Nicholson and published by Ozymandias Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As to the Duke of Marlborough . . . it was allowed by all men, nay even by France itself, that he was more than a match for all the generals of that nation. This he made appear beyond contradiction in the ten campaigns he made against them; during all which time it cannot be said that he ever slipped an opportunity of fighting when there was any probability of his coming at his enemy. And upon all occasions he concerted matters with so much judgment and forecast that he never fought a battle which he did not gain, nor laid siege to a town which he did not take...