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One of History's most audacious strategic manoeuvres and perhaps the greatest victory ever won by a British commander, the Blenheim campaign is rightly considered the pinnacle of the career of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. On 13th August 1704, Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy faced a Franco-Bavarian army threatening to knock Austria out of the War of the Spanish Succession. In a hard-fought battle Marlborough won a resounding victory, capturing Marshal Tallard and over 14,000 men. In this book, John Tincey describes how Marlborough crushed his enemies, shattered the myth of French invincibility and laid the foundations of two centuries of British world dominance.
Blenheim 1704 is part of Osprey's Campaign series and includes many illustrations in colour and black and white. Three specially commissioned, full colour double page spreads by Graham Turner illustrate important moments in this famous campaign.
Soft-back book, size 184mm x 248mm, 96 pages.
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