RAMILLIES, BATTLE OF

rămˈĭlēz, Fr. rämēyēˈ, fought May 23, 1706, near the village of Ramillies-Offus, Walloon Brabant prov., Belgium, 12 mi (19 km) S of Tienen, in the War of the Spanish Succession. Here, in one of his most brilliant victories, Marlborough commanded British, Dutch, and Danish troops and defeated the French under Villeroi. The victory enabled the allies to capture Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges and to overrun the Spanish Netherlands.

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Representative Plays by American Dramatists
Includes: The Prince of Parthia; Ponteach, or, The Savages of America; The Group, A Farce; The Battle of Bunkers-Hill; The Fall of British Tyranny, or, American Liberty; The Politician Out-witted; The Contrast; Andre; The Indian Princess, or, La Belle Sauvage; She Would Be a Soldier, or, The Plains of Chippewa
Book by Montrose J. Moses; E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918
Subjects: American Drama--Collected Works, Drama
...The Battle of Bunkers-Hill . By Hugh...face bold danger, in the battle firm, And dauntless as...Which speak the Hero friend of humankind. GOTARZES...may attend you in the rage of battle. By imitating thy heroic...
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Paul Revere's Ride
Book by David Hackett Fischer; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: Concord, Battle Of, 1775, Lexington, Battle Of, 1775, Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, Revere, Paul--1735-1818
...History--Revolution, 1775-1783. 3. Lexington, Battle of, 1775. 4. Concord, Battle of, 1775. I. Title. F69.R43F57 1994 973.3311092...them could barely bring itself to mention the battles of Lexington and Concord. 2 The cause of this...
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The Midway Campaign, December 7, 1941-June 6, 1942
Book by Jack Greene; Combined Books, 1995
Subjects: Midway, Battle Of, 1942
...938289-11-X : $22.95 1. Midway, Battle of, 1942. I. Title. D774.M5G74 1994...xi. The Battle of the Coral Sea 167...Orders of Battle 227...
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The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by the Late Lord Acton - Vol. 5
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; University Press, 1908
Subjects: History, Modern
...412 Capture of Gibraltar. Battle of Malaga 413 Marlborough in the Netherlands...Turin. Convention of Milan. Ramillies 415 Results of Ramillies...
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Europe 1598-1715
Book by Henry Offley Wakeman; Macmillan and Co., 1895
Subjects: Europe--History--17th Century
...It lay in north Italy, the old battle-field of France and Spain. The Milanese...and Saxony support Ferdinand -- Battle of the White Mountain -- Settlement...distinguished themselves at the battle of Zablat was a Bohemian noble, who...
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journal articles on: Ramillies Battle Of  - 2 results

 
 
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Modern Warfare in Early-Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Journal article by John Richardson; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 45, 2005
Subjects: English Augustan age, 1700-1750--Criticism and interpretation, War poetry--Criticism and interpretation
...leadership of the Duke of Marlborough they won pitched battles at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenarde (1708...interprets this as a tendency of all war writing when he suggests that Ramillies produced "What Battles generally do; bad Poets...
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Generalship: Qualities, Instincts, and Character
Journal article by Montgomery C. Meigs; Parameters, Vol. 31, 2001
Subjects: Generals--Evaluation, Leadership--Methods
...We can find similar examples in European military history. Take, for instance the Duke of Marlborough. At Ramillies, at a critical point in the battle he led a cavalry charge into the French Maison du Roi, the equivalent of the household cavalry...


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1704: Blenheim, Gibraltar and the Making of Great Power: Jeremy Black Recalls Two Events, 300 Years Ago This Summer, That Heralded the Emergence of Britain as a Continental Power
Magazine article by Jeremy Black; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004
Subjects: Battle of Blenheim, 1704, British history--1704 AD, United Kingdom--International relations
...cavalry charge at the climax of the battles of Ramillies (1706) and Malplaquet (1709...Marlborough went on to win other battles--notably Ramillies (1706), Oudenaarde (1708), and...none had the dramatic impact of Blenheim, in part because that...
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Empires: Ancient and Modern
Magazine article by Paul A. Rahe; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 28, Summer 2004
Subjects: Empires--History, Empires--Research
...the first of a series of French defeats meted...about the once-famous battles fought at Ramillies, Ondenarde, Lille...repeatedly demonstrated in battle--at Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Lille...Malplaquet--the superiority of modern to ancient statecraft...
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Fortune of War: As the Government Prepares to Bring Casinos to Our High Streets, John Childs Looks at a Gambling Craze of the 1690s
Magazine article by John Childs; History Today, Vol. 53, October 2003
Subjects: Cadogan, William, Gambling--History, War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713
...Anglo-Dutch Condominium, which ruled Flanders and Brabant following their recapture from the French in the wake of the Battle of Ramillies in 1706, Cadogan amassed considerable sums of money from the manipulation of exchange rates, forage contracts...


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Relative Insight into a Great British Victory; Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Charles Spencer (Weidenfeld, [pounds Sterling]20)
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 2, 2004
Subjects: Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of
...Rhine. Marlborough was to defeat them anew at Ramillies (1706), Oudenarde (1708) and Malplaquet (1709...until 1741. From the excellent scenesetting of the Prologue to the effective battle description, which ably draws on the memoirs...
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Naval Clashes in the Mediterranean
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 12, 2009
...that occurred in the Mediterranean. Each battle is accompanied by a map and a graph giving the names of participating ships and the damage, if...new ones to support it. The battleship Ramillies had trouble getting up to 21 knots and...
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How Prince Is the Latest in Line of Royal Combatants
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 29, 2008
...six months in the Indian Ocean on the battleship HMS Ramillies in 1940 and in January 1941 he joined the battleship...a mention in dispatches. Valiant was involved in the Battle of Matapan against the Italian Fleet during which Philip...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ramillies Battle Of  - 2 results

 
 
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Ramillies, Battle Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RAMILLIES, BATTLE OF ram ilez, Fr. rameye , fought May 23, 1706, near the village of Ramillies-Offus, Walloon Brabant prov., Belgium, 12 mi (19 km) S of Tienen, in the War of the Spanish Succession...
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Spanish Succession, War of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...under the count of Tallard (see Blenheim, battle of ), and the French lost Bavaria. Meanwhile, Portugal...evacuation of N Italy, and by Marlboroughs triumph at Ramillies (see Ramillies, battle of ), which compelled the French to retreat in the...


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