Bavaria, enters into alliance with France
and Spain, i. 40, 44-great advantages
of its alliance to France, 78, 146-the
cross-march of Marlborough from the
Netherlands into, 149-his successes
in it, 157-ravaging of it by him, and
objects of this, 158-concludes peace
with the Allies, 188-is given up by
Austria by the treaty of Rastadt, ii. 232.
Beaufort, the duke of, ii. 147.
Bedchamber appointments, importance
of, ii. 80.
Bedmar, the marquis of, forces under, at
the opening of the war, i. 92-defeat
of Obdam at Eckeren by him, 132.
Beirvlich, capture of, by the French, i.
Belgrade, Eugene's victory over the Turks
at, and capture of it by him, ii. 399.
Berkley, admiral the earl of, ii. 262.
Berlin, reception of Marlborough at, after
the battle of Blenheim, i. 190-his re-
ception there in 1705, 237.
Beru, a spy of Harley's, i. 365.
Berri, the Duke de, i. 380.
Berwick, the duke of, parentage of, i. 2
-forces under him in Spain, in 1705,
235-forces under him, and his suc-
cesses in Spain, in 1706, 275-his
victory at Almanza, 307 brought
from Spain to Flanders in 1708, 379
--his junction with Vendôme after the
battle of Oudenarde, 405, 408-opera-
tions under him to interrupt the siege
of Lille, 414-his junction with Ven-
dôme, and advance to raise the siege,
418-mutual jealousies, &c., between
them, 420-they retire, 424-continued
jealousies between them, and his re-
moval to command on the Rhine, 443
-letter from Marlborough to him
urging peace, 446-his position at the
close of 1709, ii. 69-commands on the
side of Piedmont in 1709,102-is placed
under Villars in 1710, 117 is in-
trusted with the reduction of Barce-
lona, 290-his forces for that purpose,
291-commencement of the siege, 292
-storming of the town, 293 - his
humanity after its capture, 295 —
sketch of his career, ib.-his character,
296-on the dismissal of Bolingbroke
by the Pretender, 300.
Bethune, the siege of, resolved on by
Marlborough, ii. 123-its siege and
capture, 124-restored to France by
the treaty of Utrecht, 231.
Beuil, the count de, slain at Malplaquet,
ii. 64.
Bevern, the duke de, ii. 411.
Bingfield, colonel, death of, at Ramilies,
i. 249.
Biron, marshal, check of Cadogan by,
before Oudenarde, i. 391.
Blackall, Dr, bishopric bestowed on, by
Queen Anne, i. 353, 356.
Blandford, the marquess of, character and
death of, i. 120 et seq.
Blenheim, forces of the two parties at, i.
161-position of the French at, 164-
and of the Allies, 167-battle of, 168
-its results, 182-representations of
the Tories regarding it, 202-analogy
between it and Jena, ii. 85.
Blenheim palace, commencement, &c. of,
i. 191-difficulties thrown in the way
of its completion, and Marlborough's
conduct with regard to these, ii. 163
-attempts of the Tories to throw the
expense of its completion upon Marl-
borough, 249-proportion of its ex-
pense borne by him, 250-interest
taken by him in the erection of it, 303
- bequest by him for completing it,
308-removal of his remains to it, ib.
Blenheim papers, commencement of the,
i. 85.
Blonde, battalion of, at Almanza, i. 309.
Bolingbroke, lord, character of Marl-
borough by him, i. 87-letter from
him to Marlborough on the conduct
of the Dutch generals, 222-on the
battle of Ramilies, 256-first intro-
duced into the cabinet by Marl-
borough, 345-misplaced confidence
of the latter in him, 348-his profes-
sions of attachment to Marlborough at
this time, ib.-still remains in office,
351-still retained in office by Godol-
phin, 359-at last resigns, 368-his
secret influence with the queen, 370.
On the increase of the national debt,
and the prospects regarding it, ii. 130
-his accession to office with Harley,
&c. on the dismissal of the Whigs, 159
-on the conditions offered to Marl-
borough if he would join the Tories,
164 -negotiations carried on with
Louis XIV., 187-on the passage of
Villars' lines by Marlborough in 1711,
193-letter from him to Marlborough
after the capture of Bouchain, and his
concealment from the latter of the
negotiations with France, 199-charges
brought by him against Marlborough,
211-measures adopted by him to
inflame the queen against Marl-
borough, 216-and measures with
regard to the negotiations, ib.-orders
Ormond to abstain from active opera-
Bolingbroke, lord, continued.
tions, 220-difficulties experienced in
regard to the ratification of the terms
of Utrecht, 228-dissensions between
him and Harley, and his views, 251—
account of the state of parties by him,
253-intrusted with the formation of
a ministry after the dismissal of Har-
ley, 259-his endeavours to form one,
and measures for the restoration of
the Stuarts, 260-the office of foreign
secretary assigned to him, ib.-his
overthrow by the death of the queen,
261 is threatened with impeach-
ment and outlawed, retires to France,
and joins the Pretender, 265-char-
acter of the duke of Berwick by him,
296-is dismissed by the Pretender,
and returns to England, 299-on the
conduct of the Tories with regard to
the Revolution of 1688, 327---on the
dangers, &c. of the Funding System,
330- sketch of his character and
career, 338 et seq.-his inconsistency
and faults, 340-his political predilec-
tions and views regarding the war,
343 views advocated by him with
regard to the Spanish crown, 348-his
picture of the ruined state of the
Spanish monarchy, 363-character of
Marlborough by him, and its truthful-
ness, 387, 395.
Bonn, siege and capture of, by Marl-
borough, i. 127.
Borodino, analogy between the battle of,
and that of Malplaquet, ii. 85.
Bossuet on the revocation of the Edict
of Nantes, i. 32 note.
Bouchain, commencement of the siege
of, by Marlborough, ii. 194-opera-
tions on both sides during it, 195-its
surrender, 197-letter of a Hano-
verian officer on the siege, 198-re-
capture of it by the French, 230.
Boufflers, marshal, forces under, at the
opening of the war, i. 93-attempt by
him on Nimeguen, 94-retires before
Marlborough, 99-fails to prevent the
siege of Liege, 103-defeats general
Obdam at Eckeren, 132-commands
the garrison of Lille, 408-his pre-
parations for defence, 411-ability and
heroism of his defence, 426-supplies
conveyed to him, 431-surrender of
the town, 438-and of the citadel,
440-letter from Louis XIV. to him,
and mutual compliments between
him and the Allied generals, 441-
joins and serves under Villars, ii. 39
at the battle of Malplaquet, 50 et
seq.-his efforts to regain the day, 58
-compelled to remain inactive during
the siege of Mons, 68-Eugene's mag-
nanimity to him at the time of the
surrender of Lille, 398.
Bouillon, the cardinal, joins the Allies,
ii. 118.
Boyle, Mr, succeeds Harley as secretary
of state, i. 368-ii. 145 note-resigns, 160.
Brabant, subjugation of, by the Allies, i
255, 257-Marlborough opposes the
levying contributions on it, 258-in-
fluence of its loss to France and its
gain by the Allies, 294-intrigues of
the French in the fortresses of, 379-
completion of its conquest by the
Allies, ii. 69.
Braemar, commencement of the rebel-
lion of 1715 in, ii. 269.
Breslau, combat at, ii. 411.
Bribery, prevalence of, under William
III., ii. 332.
Bridgewater, the earl of, marriage of, to
one of Marlborough's daughters, i. 122
-made chamberlain to the Prince of
Wales, ii. 264.
Bridgewater, the countess of, Marl-
borough's third daughter, marriage of,
i. 122-her death, ii. 302.
Brihuerga, capitulation of six thou-
sand British at, ii. 178.
Brille, reception of Marlborough at,
1713, ii. 245.
Bromley, Mr, chosen speaker of the
House of Commons, ii. 163.
Brown, marshal, defeat of, at Lowositz,
ii. 408.
Bruges, surrender of, to the Allies after
the battle of Ramilies, i. 255, 260-
its capture by Vendôme, 386-recap-
tured by Marlborough, 445.
Brussels, surrender of, to the Allies after
the battle of Ramilies, i. 255-entry
of Marlborough into it, 257-his re-
ception at it after the conclusion of
the campaign of Ramilies, 267-Ven-
dôme attempts its capture, 439.
Buckingham, the duke of, i. 351 —in-
trigues of Harley with him, 365—
intrigues of, with lord Shrewsbury, ii.
136 becomes one of Harley's minis-
try, 159-partially secedes from the
Tories, 210 becomes president of the
council in Bolingbroke's ministry, 260
-motion by him secretly in favour of
the Pretender, 266.
Bunzelwitz, defence of Frederick the
Great at, ii. 417.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, parallel between,
and Louis XIV., i. 56-the public
works executed under him, 57-his
gallantries and amours compared with
those of Louis XIV., 60-parallel
between his invasion of Russia and
that of Charles XII., ii. 86-his true
motives for the invasion of Spain, 353
-parallel between him and Frederick
the Great of Prussia, 421-peculiarities
of his troops as compared with those
of Marlborough and Wellington, 425
-his high estimation of cavalry, 429.
Burgundy, the duke of, forces under, at
the opening of the war, i. 93-nomi-
nally commands the French in 1708,
380-disputes between him and Ven-
dôme before the battle of Oudenarde,
393-at Oudenarde, 395, 397.
Burnet, bishop, supports Marlborough's
declaration against the peace, ii. 208.
Cadaval, the duke of, ii. 175.
Cadogan, colonel, afterwards general, pas-
sage of the Dender by, i. 389-opera-
tions before the battle of Oudenarde,
390, 391-at that battle, 396, 397-
movement on Wynendale, 434-at the
action there, ib., 435-movements af-
ter the battle of Malplaquet, ii. 67-at
the passage of the lines of the Scarpe,
115-passage of Villars' lines in 1710
by him, 191-operations under him
during the siege of Bouchain, 195–
personal friendship of Marlborough for
him, 235-measures assigned to him
for securing the Hanoverian succession,
255-measures assigned to him on the
breaking out of the rebellion in 1715,
270-succeeds Argyll in the command
in Scotland, 280-his measures for the
suppression of the rebellion there, 282
et seq.-at Marlborough's funeral, 305.
Cadsand, incursions of the French into, i.
410.
Calais, designs of Marlborough against, ii.
126.
Calcinato, defeat of Eugene at, i. 268.
Cambray, retreat of Villars, and advance
of Marlborough toward, ii. 192-con-
firmed to France by the treaty of
Utrecht, 231.
Cambridge, the Prince of Hanover created
duke of, ii. 254.
Campaign of 1702, general results of, i. 107.
Campaign of 1703, Louis XIV.'s plan for
the, 125-and Marlborough's, 126-
its results, 138-influence of lines of
defence as shown in it, 118.
Campaign of 1704, results of the, i. 188.
Campaign of 1705, supplies voted by the
British parliament for the, i. 193–
forces of France at the opening of it,
206.
Campaign of 1706 (Ramilies), forces of
the two parties at the opening of the,
i. 243-general results of it, 267-dis-
sensions caused among the Allies by
the amount of its successes, 282.
Campaign of 1707, position of the parties
at the opening of the, i. 295-the open-
ing of it in Spain, 306.
Campaign of 1708, forces of France for it,
i. 379-and of the Allies, 380-results
of it in Flanders, 448-that on the
Rhine, &c., ii. 1-in Spain, 2-in Italy, 3.
Campaign of 1709, energy of France as
shown in the, ii. 22-forces of the two
parties in it, 23-conclusion of it, 69.
Campaign of 1710, plans of Marlborough
and Eugene for the, ii. 112-opening
of the, 114-in Spain, 171 et seq.
Campaign of 1711, forces for the, on the
opposite sides, ii. 180-opening of it in
the Netherlands, 183-misrepresenta-
tions of the Tories regarding it, 201.
Campaign of 1712, forces of the Allies in
Flanders, for the, ii. 218.
Capefigue on the revocation of the Edict
of Nantes, i. 33 note-remarks on his
History of Louis XIV., ii. 357.
Caposwar, storming of, by the prince of
Baden, i. 291.
Carabobo, small force at the battle of, i.
311.
Cardonnel, Mr, secretary at war, ii. 141.
Carlos, Don, the interference of Great
Britain against, ii. 368.
Carnwath, lord, taken prisoner at Pres-
ton, ii. 276-tried and condemned for
high treason, but respited, 285.
Carpenter, general, operations of, during
the rebellion of 1715, ii. 272, 275.
Cassano, battle of, i. 233.
Castile, enthusiasm on behalf of Philip
V. in, i. 275, ii. 102 et seq.
Castlemaine, the countess of, intrigue of
Marlborough with, i. 4.
Catalonia, operations in, during 1705, i.
234-inefficient support of the arch-
duke Charles in, 275-operations in,
during 1709, ii. 104-successes of the
Allies in, at the opening of 1710, 172
-treachery of Great Britain toward,
in respect of the maintenance of their
privileges, 289-heroic resistance of
the inhabitants, who are at last obliged
to submit, 290 et seq.
Cathcart, captain, at Sheriffmuir, ii. 277.
Catinat, marshal, i. 77.
Cavalry, the proper disposition of, on the
field of battle, i. 313-great use made
of them in all his battles by Marlbo-
rough, ii. 428-estimation in which
held by Hannibal and Napoleon, 429.
Caya, defeat of the Allies on the, ii. 105.
Centralisation, measures of Louis XIV.
for securing, i. 53.
Cevennes, insurrection in the, and efforts
of the Allies to foster it, i. 124-sup-
pression of the insurrection, 206.
Chamillard, M., minister at war, sent to
the camp near Lille to direct the oper-
ations, i. 421-at last counsels retreat,
423-his instructions for the cam-
paign after the fall of Lille, 443-suc-
ceeded as minister by Voisin, ii. 11.
Chandos, lord, secures Oudenarde against
the French, i. 387.
Charles II. of England, his jealousy of
Marlborough, i. 4.
Charles II. of Spain, treaties between
France, England, Holland, &c., for
partitioning his dominions, i. 36-be-
queaths his crown first to the prince of
Bavaria, 37-and afterwards to the
duke of Anjou, 27, 35, 39-his death, 27.
Charles VI. the emperor, death of, and
accession of Maria Theresa, ii. 404.
Charles XII. of Sweden, treaty between,
and Great Britain, i. 29-appearance of,
in Germany, and his previous exploits,
295-his character, 296-his great mi-
litary abilities, 297- his faults, rash-
ness, and cruelty, 298-efforts of Louis
XIV. to win him to his side, 299-
measures of Marlborough to secure
him, and sketch of him by general
Grumbkow, 300, 301-interviews be-
tween him and Marlborough, 301 et
seq.-the latter succeeds in detaching
him from the French interest, 303-
renewed disputes between him and the
Austrians, 324-Marlborough's efforts
to adjust these, and their success, 328
-parallel between his invasion of Rus-
sia and that of Napoleon, ii. 86-his
position at Dresden before setting out
for Poland, 87-his march from Dres-
den to Poland, 88-increasing diffi-
culties encountered by him, 89-di-
rects his march to the Ukraine to join
Mazeppa, 90-the defeat, &c., of Le-
venhaupt, 91- he marches toward
Moscow, 92-arrives at Pultowa, 93-
his defeat there, 94-Marlborough's
views regarding him, 96-coalition for
the dismemberment of his dominions,
107.
Charles, the archduke, afterwards em-
peror of Germany, a candidate for the
command-in-chief of the Allies, i. 86—
acknowledged by the Allies king of
Spain, and presentation of sword to
Marlborough by him, 139—is crowned
king of Spain, and his preparations for
the invasion of the country, 145-his
entry into Barcelona, and proclamation
there, 234-acknowledged as king of
Spain in Brabant, 257-is besieged in
Barcelona, and his heroic determina-
tion, 273-is proclaimed at Madrid,
274-general indifference to his cause
throughout the country, 275-is com-
pelled to retreat to Valencia, 276—
effects of the battle of Almanza on his
cause in Spain, 311-his demands at
the conferences of Gertruydenberg,
ii. 109-his successes in Catalonia at
the opening of 1710, 172-his entry
again into Madrid, and cold reception
there, ib.-divisions and irresolution
among his supporters, 174-his peril-
ous situation at Madrid, 176-evacu-
ates that city and retires to Barcelona,
ib.-his accession as emperor of Ger-
many, 181-treaty of Rastadt between
him and France, 232-his subsequent
ingratitude toward Marlborough, 247
-views of the Whigs as to settling the
crown of Spain on him, 347.
Charles of Lorraine, defeats of, by Fre-
derick the Great, ii. 405, 412.
Charost, the Marquis de, slain at Mal-
plaquet, ii. 64.
Chartreuse, fort of the, captured by
Marlborough, i. 104.
Chemerault, marquis de, slain at Mal-
plaquet, ii. 64.
Cherambault, M. de, capture of Ghent
by, i. 386-attempts the capture of
Oudenarde, but fails, 387.
Chester, Blackall created bishop of, i.
353, 356.
Chesterfield, the earl of, character of
Marlborough by, and its injustice, i.
88, ii. 386.
Cholmondeley, lord, made an earl, i. 351
-is appointed master of the house-
hold to Queen Anne, 368.
Church, policy of Louis XIV. with re-
gard to the, i. 55.
Churchill, the family of, i. 1.
Churchill, sir Winston, father of Marl-
borough, i. 1.
Churchill, admiral, brother of Marlbo-
rough, i. 357-intrigues connected
with his removal from office, ii. 8.
Churchill, general, i. 152-Eugene rein-
forced by him, 160-operations under
him at Blenheim, 171, 172, 181.
Churchill, captain, at Fontenoy, ii. 309.
Churchill, lady Anne, marriage of, to lord
Spencer, afterwards lord Sunderland,
i. 26-her death and character, ii. 302
-her prayer for her husband, ib. note.
Churchill, Arabella, sister of Marlbo-
rough, i. 1-becomes mistress to the
duke of York (James II.), and mother
of the duke of Berwick, 2.
Churchill, lady Henrietta, marriage of,
to Mr Godolphin, i. 26.
Churchill, lady Mary, marriage of, to
lord Monthermer, i. 123.
Clanranald, death of, at Sheriffmuir, ii.
278.
Clerambault, general, death of, at Blen-
heim, i. 181.
Cleveland, the duchess of, intrigue of
Marlborough with, i. 4.
Clêves, the district of, ravaged by the
French, i. 95.
Closterseven, the convention of, ii. 410.
Cohorn, general, forces under, at the
opening of the war, i. 93-at the siege
of Venloo, 101-superintends the siege
of Liege, 104-at the siege of Bonn,
128-irruption by him into West Flan-
ders, and marring of Marlborough's
designs by it, 130-at the attack on
Antwerp, 131, 132.
Collier, general, operations under, dur-
ing the siege of Bouchain, ii. 195.
Commons, house of, majority in favour
of the Tory ministry in the, with re-
gard to the peace of Utrecht, ii. 209-
divisions in the, regarding the succes-
sion, 253-general corruption of them
under William III., 332. See also Par-
liament.
Condé, the great, character of, as a gene-
ral, ii. 378.
Coningsby, lord, ii. 152-his devotion to
lady Marlborough, 317.
Corbeck, passage of the Dyle by the Allies
at, i. 221.
Cork, capture of, by Marlborough, i. 21.
Cornbury, lord, i. 22.
Corruption, increase of, under the govern-
ment of the Revolution, i. 336-general
prevalence of it under William III., ii.
332.
Cossacks, the attempted revolt of the,
under Mazeppa, ii. 90-surrender of
14,000 Swedes to them, 95.
Courcil, family of, i. 1.
Cowper, Mr, made baron, i. 351.
Cowper, lord chancellor, ii. 145 note-
resigns with the rest of the Whig minis-
try, 159-supports Marlborough's de-
claration against the peace of Utrecht,
208-is reappointed lord chancellor on
the accession of George I., 264.
Cox, sir Charles, ii. 263.
Craggs, Mr, ii. 204.
Credit, effects of the dismissal of lord
Sunderland on, ii. 147.
Cresset, Mr, the mission of, to Hanover,
and his death, ii. 153.
Cressy, the battle of, small force engaged
at, i. 310.
Cronstrom, brigadier, wounded at Mal-
plaquet, ii. 64.
Cunnersdorf, the battle of, ii. 414.
Cutts, lord, operations of, at the storm-
ing of Venloo, i. 102-at the battle of
Blenheim, 170, 181.
Czaslau, victory of Frederick the Great
at, ii. 405.
Dalrymple, Mr, at the siege of Venloo,
i. 102.
Danube, valley of the, French plan of
attack on Austria by the, i. 125.
Dartmouth, lord, succeeds lord Sunder-
land, ii. 145-letter from general Stan-
hope to him on the state of affairs in
Spain, 174.
Daun, surrender of, to the Allies, i.
Daun, count, afterwards marshal, sub-
jugation of Naples by, i. 315-suc-
cesses of, on the side of Savoy, ii. 4—
operations under, in Piedmont, 1709,
101, 102-victory of, over Frederick
the Great at Kolin, 410-defeated at
Leuthen, 411-again victorious at
Hohenkirchen, 413-subsequent move-
ments against Frederick, 415-defeat-
ed and wounded at Torgau, 416.
Dawes, sir W., raised to a bishopric by
Queen Anne, i. 353, 356.
Del Poul, a Miquelet chief, defeated by
Berwick, ii. 293.
Democracy, influence of, on military
effort, i. 195.
Denain, destruction of a detachment of
the Allies at, ii. 230.
Dendermonde, capture of, by Marlbo-
rough, i. 265.
Denia, capture of, by the French, ii. 3.
Denmark, the prince of, see George.
Denmark becomes a member of the alli-
ance against France, i. 44-her views
in the alliance, 80-a member of the
coalition against Charles XII. of Swe-
den, 295, 297-joins that formed for
dismembering Sweden after Pultowa,
ii. 107.
Derwentwater, lord, heads the English
Jacobites in 1715, ii. 270-surrenders
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