59.3 Battles of Ramillies and Oudenaarde
A History of Europe Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 14 May 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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War of Spanish Succession - Heavy fighting across Western Europe, including in Italy and the Iberian peninsula between troops loyal to Philip V and the French on the one side and Austrians, Dutch and British on the other. Meanwhile the Duke of Marlborough leads the British and their allies against the French at the battles of Ramillies and Oudenaarde
Music: composer Giuseppe Torelli, Tumpet Concerto in D 'Estienne Roger - 1. Allegro moderato
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| 1:06.8 | This is the War of the Spanish Succession, and this is the third part of four. |
| 1:23.9 | In the last episode, I described a victory for an Anglo Imperial army at the Battle of Blenheim in the year 1704. |
| 1:31.3 | The English commander John Churchill ran a stunning campaign which turned the tide of the war to the favour of the Allies |
| 1:39.3 | and was rewarded by Queen Anne by being elevated from the Earl to Duke of Marlborough. |
| 1:47.3 | The year 1704 was also when war truly came to the Iberian Peninsula. |
| 1:54.0 | In March, Archduke Charles, the youngest son of Emperor Leopold, arrived in Lisbon, where he self-styled himself Charles III of Spain. |
| 2:05.7 | The next month, the Duke of Berwick, James Fitzjames, arrived in Madrid to command the small |
| 2:12.0 | French army that Louis XIV, sent to Spain. Berwick was the illegitimate son of James II of England, |
| 2:20.1 | and Arabella Churchill, sister of the Duke of Marlborough. |
| 2:24.1 | He had fought before for Louis XIV and Ireland, |
| 2:27.2 | and was involved in the battles of the Boyne and Algrem. |
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