Lives of the Most Eminent British Military Commanders, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Had the plan proposed by the English general been adopted, French Flanders and Brabant would have become at once the seat of war; but to a measure so hold the states would by no means consent. They had set their hearts upon the reduction of Bonn; and to gratify them, Marlborough gave up with a good grace his own well-matured opinions. By the middle of April, after leaving an adequate force to cover Liege, he was in full march towards the point Of attack; on the 3d Of May the trenches were opened, and on the 1 5th the place was surrendered by Capitulation. All this occurred ere Villeroi could well believe that the allies were in a condition to set even upon the defensive. But no sooner was he made fully aware of his error, than he hastened to retrieve it, by pressing vigorously upon Over. Kill: and the corps which protected Liege. Marlbo rough, however, was not slow in coming to the assistance of his colleague. Without so much as waiting to receive the submission of the governor of Bonn, he contented himself with signing the convention, and hurried back to Maestricht, at a convent in the vicinity of which he fixed, on the 17th, his head-quarters.
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Had the plan proposed by the English general been adopted, French Flanders and Brabant would have become at once the seat of war; but to a measure so hold the states would by no means consent. They had set their hearts upon the reduction of Bonn; and to gratify them, Marlborough gave up with a good grace his own well-matured opinions. By the middle of April, after leaving an adequate force to cover Liege, he was in full march towards the point Of attack; on the 3d Of May the trenches were opened, and on the 1 5th the place was surrendered by Capitulation. All this occurred ere Villeroi could well believe that the allies were in a condition to set even upon the defensive. But no sooner was he made fully aware of his error, than he hastened to retrieve it, by pressing vigorously upon Over. Kill: and the corps which protected Liege. Marlbo rough, however, was not slow in coming to the assistance of his colleague. Without so much as waiting to receive the submission of the governor of Bonn, he contented himself with signing the convention, and hurried back to Maestricht, at a convent in the vicinity of which he fixed, on the 17th, his head-quarters.
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