The Military Life of John, Duke of Marlborough

Archibald Alison

Harper & Brothers, 1848 - 410 pagina's

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CHAPTER I	1

His first appearance and early promotion at Court	2

His services under Louis XIV and Turenne in Flanders	3

Manner in which Louis XIV s ambition worked out its	4

ruin	5

His important services on Monmouths rebellion	6

His endeavours to arrest the headlong course of James	7

He deserts James II on the invasion of the Prince	8

He is liberated from prison and ere long restored to favour 14 And appointed to the supreme command in the Netherlands 15 At which period the Bl...	258

18	259

19	260

alarm which it excited 20	262

CHAPTER VI	299

Rigorous demands of the Allies	300

Plan of the campaign agreed on between Eugene and Marl borough	301

Passage of the lines of the Scarpe	302

Orange	9

Honours and commands bestowed on Churchill the Act of Association in favour of William	10

His first services in foreign war under William	14

Discreditable intrigues soon after with the exiled Royal	15

Vast ability by which the government of France was directed	17

But the citadel is at length taken	18

Failure there and retreat of Eugene	19

Which mars all the subsequent operations of the campaign 127	20

Causes of the reaction against Marlborough and the war at this time	21

Change in the system of government by the Revolution	22

Forces on the side of France	23

Decline of Marlboroughs influence at court and rise of Mrs Masham	24

Her great influence	25

Violence of the party contests in England	26

Plan of attack by the Allied generals 28 Feelings of the soldiers on both sides 29 Commencement of the battle 270 271	27

The Dutch prevent Marlborough from fighting and the cam	29

Marlborough after a desperate conflict carries the wood of Taisnière	30

Bloody repulse of the Prince of Orange on the left 274	31

Heroic but ineffectual efforts of the Prince of Orange to restore the combat 276	32

Marlborough hastens to the spot and restores the battle 277	34

Subsequent successes in Bavaria	35

Admirable efforts of Boufflers to regain the day	36

His able and orderly retreat 279	37

Results of the battle to the Allies 282	38

Loss of the French and humanity of Marlborough 283	39

Capture of Mons and conclusion of the campaign	40

Continued decline of Marlboroughs influence at court	41

Unjust criticisms and censures on the campaign	42

Injudicious request of Marlborough to be made captain general for life	43

His flattering reception from the Houses of Parliament	44

Increasing jealousies of him at court	45

Fredericks defeat at Hohenkirchen	46

He determines to resign if Mrs Masham is not removed	47

But is persuaded to yield and is seemingly reconciled to	48

Battle of Pultowa and overthrow of Charles XII	50

His errors and delusions regarding him	51

Marlborough arrests Vendôme and Berwick when trying	52

Capture of all the troops in Blenheim and conclusion of	53

Splendid and disinterested conduct of Marlborough in refus ing the government of the Netherlands 166	54

Jealousies of the Dutch and continued disinterestedness	55

Marlborough recovers Ghent	58

Honours and rewards bestowed on Marlborough	59

Landrecies is ineffectually besieged by Eugene who sustains	60

Marshal Tallard joins the Elector of Bavaria who determines	74

Disposition of the Allies for the attack	80

The cavalry with great difficulty are got across	87

Total rout of Tallard who is made prisoner	93

Page	111

1	115

Bold plan of Marlborough and Eugene for the invasion	116

Position occupied by Villeroi	122

22	130

Marlborough prepares to attack the French at Waterloo	131

Position of the French at Ramilies	144

Villerois efforts to restore the battle which are unsuccessful	150

Magnanimous wisdom of Marlborough in protecting the Fle	156

Siege and fall of Dendermonde	162

Marlborough	168

Opening of a separate secret negotiation between the Dutch and French	169

Marlboroughs address obtains a renewal of the alliance	170

His return to England and splendid reception there	171

Jealousy against him arises among both the Whigs and Tories but he prevails at Court	173

CHAPTER IV	175

2 3	176

His character	177

Great military abilities	178

5	179

Efforts of Louis XIV to win him to his side	180

7	181

Visit of Marlborough to Charles at Dresden	183

9	184

Singular skill with which he avoided rousing religious differences	185

11	186

He signs 13	187

14	188

Disasters of the Allies in Spain and on the Rhine	189

Marlborough in consequence strongly urges an invasion in the south of France	191

Invasion of Provence by Eugene	193

borough	202

34	208

Marlboroughs measures defeat a threatened invasion of Scotland by the Pretender	209

Extreme vexation and serious illness of Marlborough 36 Marlboroughs cross march on Vendômes communications	210

Vendôme moves off followed by the Allies 38 Description of the field of battle	212

Preliminary movements on both sides and capture of the French advanced guard	214

Forces on both sides and commencement of the battle 41 Brilliant success of the French right	215

And of Marlborough on the left	218

Vigour with which it was executed by Overkirk who entirely turns them 221 46 Gallant but ineffectual efforts of Vendôme to arrest the disorder	221

Results of the battle 223 48 Pursuit of the enemy and arrival of reinforcements on both sides	223

Marlboroughs advice to march to Paris is overruled and it is resolved to lay siege to Lille	225

Preparations of the Allies for the siege	226

Commencement of the siege and position of the covering 228 army	228

His bold offensive measures and extraordinary capture	231

CHAPTER V	240

Family	246

the Low Countries	250

15	256

Description of Douay	303

Its investment and siege which Villars tries to raise	304

Both armies expect another battle	305

Villars retires without fighting	306

Fall of Douay	307

The Allies are unable to reach Arras	308

Great skill with which Villars averted the invasion of France on this occasion Fall of Bethune	309

Increasing animosity to Marlborough in England He in tends to besiege Calais	310

Siege and capture of St Venant	312

And of Aire	313

Increase of Marlboroughs difficulties at home	314

General alarm at the augmentation of the public burdens ib 17 Argument of Bolingbroke on the subject	316

Real causes of the evils complained of	317

Envy of him among his own party	318

Paltry difficulties thrown in the way of the completion of Blenheim	319

Attempts to gain over Marlborough to the Tories	320

Ungrateful reception of Marlborough by the Ministers and country	321

Dismissal of the Duchess of Marlborough	323

Marlborough with great reluctance withholds his intended resignation	324

Prosperous condition of the army in the Low Countries	325

Great lines constructed by Villars	326

Plan of the campaign	328

88	329

421	334

He passes the lines with entire success	335

Ostensible preparations for war and real secret negotiations	341

The Tories dismiss Marlborough charge him with peculation	347

Siege and capture of Quesnoy	355

Mournful separation of the English contingent from	361

a reverse at Denain	364

Conclusion of the war between Austria and France at Rastadt and the Dutch at Utrecht	365

Marlborough is received with the highest honours on the Continent	367

Base ingratitude of the imperial court to him	368

Continued malice against him at home	369

Suspension of the building of Blenheim at the public expense	370

Which arose from a plan for the restoration of the Stuarts	371

His domestic bereavements and stroke of palsy ib 69 His last years and death	373

And funeral	374

CHAPTER II	376

Nature of the feudal wars	377

Great change when armies were paid by Government	378

Turenne introduced this system and brought it to perfection	379

Character of Condé	380

Peculiar chaaracter of Marlborough as a general	381

His extraordinary prudence and address	382

Though inferior in force he always maintained the initiative	383

Nature of war in the time of Marlborough	384

Circumspection was in him a matter of necessity	385

He was compelled to adopt the system of sieges and fix the war in Flanders	387

Dangers of the opposite system ib 13 Reasons why Marlboroughs genius was underrated in his life	388

Vast changes which he effected on France during his reign	390

His great address and suavity of manner	391

His character as a statesman and in private	392

His political character after the Revolution	394

His faults and weaknesses	395

Circumstances which palliate these faults in him	396

Terrible battle of Cunnersdorf in which Frederick is defeated	413

38	414

47	422

The death of the Empress of Russia restores his affairs	427

General resemblance of his ideas of government to those	430

Points in which their situations differed	433

Great and remarkable land triumphs of England over France	440

Magnificent ideas of each as shown in their public works	446

Important difference in the parties by whom the war	452

Bolingbrokes account of its dangers	459

advanced period of the war	465

Which distinctly appeared in the votes and composition of the House of Commons	466

Character of Bolingbroke	467

His inconsistencies and faults	469

Character of Harley Earl of Oxford	470

Swift and the Tory writers in the press	471

It was these general causes which overturned Marlborough	473

Great violations of moral rectitude in the mode of their attack on Marlborough	475

What was the danger to be guarded against in the peace	477

The result has proved the Tories were wrong in their policy regarding it	478

Disastrous effects and serious dangers to England which followed the leaving a Bourbon on the Spanish throne	479

Examples of this in later times	480

These dangers have arisen solely from the Spanish alliance	481

It was a sense of this advantage which made Napoleon engage in the Peninsular war	483

Causes which render the Alliance of Spain of such vital	484

Instance of the same political infatuation in our times	485

Results which have followed from it in the last instance	486

Strange insensibility to national sins which often prevails	488

Analogy between the situation of the Tories in the War of the Succession and the Whigs in that of the Revolution	490

Extraordinary coincidence in the crisis of the two contests	491

Real causes of this identity of conduct of the opposite parties on these occasions	492

Excuses which existed for the policy of the Tories at the Treaty of Utrecht from the dread of Spain	493

Bolingbrokes picture of the ruined state of the Spanish Monarchy at this period	494

What course the Tories should have pursued at the Treaty of Utrecht	496

But no excuse can be found for our violation of the Treaty of Utrecht by the Quadruple Alliance in 1734	497

Answer to the common argument used in behalf of the Quadruple Alliance	498

Our active interference to put down Don Carlos and the male line was still more unjustifiable	499

What England should have done on the occasion	501

Great change which the substitution of the female line	504

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Titel	The Military Life of John, Duke of Marlborough
Auteur	Archibald Alison
Uitgever	Harper & Brothers, 1848
Oorspronkelijk uit	The British Library
Gedigitaliseerd	28 jan 2016
Lengte	410 pagina's

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