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Chapter VII: Marlborough's Campaign of 1707 490

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His only chance ruined by Dutch Deputies 491

His Difficulties in England 492

His Campaign of 1708 493

Ghent and Bruges betrayed to the French 494

His march to Oudenarde 495

Battle of Oudenarde 496

The Siege of Lille 503

Marlborough shifts his base to Ostend 507

Action of Wynendale 507

The Elector of Bavaria invests Brussels 509

Marlborough's march to relieve it 509

Fall of Lille; recovery of Ghent and Bruges 510

Capture of Minorca 511

CHAPTER VIII

Unsuccessful Negotiations for Peace 512

Campaign of 1709; Villars in command of the French 513

Siege of Tournay 513

The march upon Mons 515

Indecisive Action of the Allies 517

Battle of Malplaquet 517

Fall of Mons 526

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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1Chapter VII: Marlborough's Campaign of 1707 490

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