Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of the French at Blenheim

Preface.

Prologue.

PART ONE: LOUIS’S EUROPE.

ONE: A Rod for His Own Back.

TWO: An Island No More.

THREE: John Churchill.

FOUR: France Feels the Strain.

FIVE: The Spanish Succession.

PART TWO: THE WAR.

SIX: Taking Sides.

SEVEN: The War in Flanders.

EIGHT: Friends Like These.

NINE: Closing In.

PART THREE: THE CAMPAIGN.

TEN: Cutting the Gordian Knot.

ELEVEN: Prince Eugène.

TWELVE: Combined Forces.

THIRTEEN: The Storming of the Schellenberg.

FOURTEEN: Looking to Louis.

FIFTEEN: Laying Waste to Bavaria.

SIXTEEN: Battle Looms.

PART FOUR: THE BATTLE.

SEVENTEEN: Battle Joined.

EIGHTEEN: Blenheim Village.

NINETEEN: General Engagement.

TWENTY: Cavalry Charge.

TWENTY-ONE: Victory.

TWENTY-TWO: ‘Que dira le roi?’

TWENTY-THREE: Vindication.

TWENTY-FOUR: Lessons Learned.

PART FIVE: THE AFTERMATH.

Sources.

Appendices.

A. The Senior Officers of the Army of the Grand Alliance at Blenheim.

B. British and Irish Regiments who Fought at Blenheim.

C. The Regiments Brought into Bavaria by Marshal Tallard.

Bibliography.

Index.