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Malplaquet only to become more celebrated at Denain, and that with

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Your talking of a retreat, Mr. Marlow, puts me in mind of the Duke of Marlborough, when we went to besiege Denain.

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The action referred to was at Denain, where the Dutch were defeated by

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Victory of the French at Denain; recapture of Douai, Le Quesnoy, and Bouchain.

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Duke of Marlborough, when he went to besiege Denain.

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He was made lieutenant-general in 1710, and served with Villars in the last campaign of the war and at the battle of Denain.

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In the interior of this military temple a statue of Mars sleeping had been placed, and from the pillars and roof were suspended the trophies of Denain, Fontenoy, and the campaign of

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The Marshal, in attending him to the door, requested him to express his gratitude to the Queen, and said that he had nothing fit to offer to an officer who had the honour to belong to her Majesty; but he begged him to accept of his old stick, saying that his grandchildren would probably some day be glad to possess the cane with which he had commanded at Marchiennes and Denain.

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A misunderstanding amongst our enemies, whereby England became detached from the grand alliance; the undue contempt of Prince Eugene for our generals, out of which arose the battle of Denain; saved us from the gulf.

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Villars against his enemies, who treated him as a madman, and it was largely owing to the advice of Mme de Maintenon that he was placed at the head of the army, and was thus enabled to save France by the victory of Denain.

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