Three hundred years ago, Queen Anne's Captain-General, John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough, led the Allied armies in an epic struggle against the powerful French forces of Louis XIV. This battlefield guide is useful for those who are keen to understand the military history of the era, and acts as a companion for visitors to these battlefields.
A detailed and easily followed guidebook that tells the story of the Duke of Marlborough's victory at Battle of Blenheim in 1704 and takes the readers across the Bavarian battlefield, rediscovering the lanes and by-ways trampted by the soldiers of 300 years ago. Blenheim was scene of the greatest military victory for a British commander.
Sebastien Le Prestre, Marshal Vauban, was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly sophisticated fortress designs, his advanced theories for the defense and attack of fortified places, and his prolific work as a writer and radical thinker on military and social affairs mark him out as one of the most influential military minds of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Yet no recent study of this extraordinary man has been published in English. James Falkner, in this perceptive and lively new account of Vauban's life and work, follows his career as a soldier from a dashing and brave young cavalry officer to his emergence as a masterful military engineer. And he shows that Vauban was much more than simply a superlative builder of fortresses, for as a leading military commander serving Louis XIV, he perfected a method for attacking fortifications in the most effective way, which became standard practice until the present day. James Falkner's new study will add significantly to the understanding of Vauban's achievements and the impact his work has had on the history of warfare.
Tells the story of Marlborough's wars in the words of participants from both sides. First-hand accounts of the battles of the Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet.
Blenheim has gone down in history as one of the turning points of the War of the Spanish Succession - and some would say in the history of conflict in Europe. Bavaria was knocked out of the war, and Louis XIV's hopes for a quick victory came to an end.
The book provides a detailed and authoritative account of the Battle of Ramillies, highlighting the strategic brilliance of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. It explores the significant defeat inflicted on the French army, which led to Marlborough's dominance in the Spanish Netherlands during the War of the Spanish Succession. James Falkner guides readers through the battlefield, connecting historical events to the modern terrain, making it an insightful resource for understanding this pivotal military campaign.
The great siege of Gibraltar was the longest recorded in the annals of the British army. James Falkner draws on a wide range of contemporary sources to tell the exciting tale of a huge and complex operation.
This detailed and highly entertaining book tells of the extraordinary military achievement of John Chruchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough who successfully conducted 26 formal sieges during the height of the War of the Spanish Succession. Rivaled by none, this astonishing record has, until now, been eclipsed by the Duke's great victories in open battle. For the first time a thoroughly researched account of these extensive and bitterly fought campaigns is provided, putting the sieges in the context of the Dukes fortresses, captured by Marlborough.
Graphic, in-depth account of a pivotal battle in the War of the Austrian Succession.
An in-depth study of the army Marlborough led to repeated victories over the French.