Blenheim 1704: The Duke of Marlborough’s masterpiece (Campaign)

Osprey's study of the Blenheim campaign,Britiain's defining battle of the War of the Spanish Succession (17011714).Combining one of history's most audacious strategic manoeuvres with perhaps the greatest military 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 13 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's victory crushed his enemies, shattered the myth of French invincibility and laid the foundations for two centuries of British world dominance. In 1701, the nations resisting Louis XIV's attempts to secure the throne of Spain had formed a grand Alliance. Yet by late 1703 the overall outlook was unfavourable. Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy developed a plan and succeeded to change this and knock Bavaria out of the war. This volume demonstrates how this success came about. Книга Osprey Campaign No141. Blenheim 1704 Osprey Campaign No141. Blenheim 1704 Книги Исторические Автор: J.Tincey Формат: pdf Издат.:Osprey Страниц: 98 Размер: 44 Mb ISBN: 084176 771 0 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Сериявоенных книгCampaign от Osprey. Spanske Arvefølgekrig 1701-14. Beskrivelse af slaget ved Bleinheim (Höchstädt) 1704, hvor hertugen af Marlborough vinder en afgørende sejr over marskal Tallards franske og bayerske tropper John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough is the foremost general in modern British history and Blenheim his greatest victory. John Tincey ; Illustrated By Graham Turner. Includes Index. Bibliography.