Marlborough (94 page)

Davenant, Charles, 31

Davenant, Henry, 217

Davies, Mrs Christian, 265, 277, 296, 348, 405, 428

Davies, Richard, 405, 428

Davis, Mary, 62

Davison, Captain:

killed (1689), 161

Deane, Private John Marshall:

as source, 8

on weather on march to Danube, 265

on action at Donauwörth, 275–6

at battle of Blenheim, 292

at Lines of Brabant, 315

on French artillery pieces, 316

and crossing of Dyle, 320

and demolition of Lines of Brabant, 323

at battle of Ramillies, 334, 345

and advance in Brabant, 349

on battle of Oudenarde, 383, 390

at Ghent, 405

on siege of Tournai, 419

in battle of Malplaquet, 428–9

on 1711 campaign, 456

qualities, 477

Dedem, Lieutenant General Coenraad Willem van, 323

Delamere, Henry Booth, 2nd Baron, 18

Dendemonde, 349, 373, 375

Dender, river, 362, 373, 378, 395

Denmark:

troops in Irish campaign, 169–70

troops in Grand Alliance, 202, 409

casualties at Blenheim, 297

cavalry at Ramillies, 341, 346–7

cavalry at Oudenarde, 387

Derby, James Stanley, 19th Earl of, 26

Dettingen, battle of (1743), 284

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Duke (
earlier
4th Earl) of, 137, 163, 180

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of, 464

Diepenbeek, river, 384, 387

Diest, 75

Dijkvelde, Everaarde van Weede, Baron van, 141

Disarming Acts (Scotland), 471

Dissenters:

and Occasional Conformity, 239

Dixmude, 75

Donauwörth, 250, 269–76

Dongan, Colonel Thomas, 52

Donia, Private John, 402

Dopff, General Daniel Wolf, Baron van, 317, 335, 374, 391, 464

Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of, 140, 143, 154, 156

Douai, 393, 399, 455

siege and capture (1710), 214, 443, 450–1

Douglas, Lord George
see
Dumbarton, Earl of

Dover, Treaty of (1670), 51, 65, 67, 77

dragoons:

function and role, 101–2

quartered on French Huguenots, 130

Drake, Eleanor, Lady, 41–2, 44

Drake, Sir John, 41

Drake, John (Eleanor’s son), 42

Drake, ‘Captain’ Peter:

as source, 9

duels, 19–20

serves in Low Countries, 204–5, 231

on halberd sergeants, 307

at Ramillies, 334, 346

wounded and surrenders at Malplaquet, 432

Drummer, Edward, 122

Dryden, John, 18

All for Love
, 473

Du Muy (Du Mé), Lucas, 401

duels, 19–21

Duke of Marlborough’s New Exercise of Firelocks and Bayonets, The
(1708), 284

Dumbarton, Lord George Douglas, Earl of, 52, 80, 120–1, 124, 128

Dundas, Sandy, 21

Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount, 172

Dunkirk:

British troops in, 48, 50, 469

sold to France, 48

attack planned, 175

privateers, 393

Britain demands demolition of defences, 410

Duras, Louis de
see
Feversham, 1st Earl of

Dutch Guards, 160, 168, 189, 191, 426, 429

Dutch, the:

Marlborough’s attitude to, 4, 196, 255, 321–2

officers favoured by William, 27, 172, 182

British troops support French against, 52, 65

raid Medway (1667), 61

Louis XIV threatens, 65–6

in War of League of Augsburg, 182

differ from Marlborough in strategy, 255–6

casualties at Blenheim, 297

acknowledge Marlborough’s princely title, 303

and magazine at Trier, 309

oppose Marlborough’s advance over Dyle river, 317, 320–1

differences among generals, 318

withhold troops from Italy, 331

at battle of Ramillies, 341, 343, 345, 347

cooperate in attack on French coast, 350

share government of Spanish Netherlands with Britain, 361, 368, 371

at battle of Oudenarde, 387

troops at Malplaquet, 426, 429–30, 432

sign first Barrier Treaty (1709), 435

territorial claims in Netherlands, 435

ill-served by Treaty of Utrecht, 459

send troops in support against 1715 Jacobite rebellion, 470

see also
United Provinces

Dutch Republic
see
United Provinces

Dutch War, Third (1672–4), 52, 61, 77–8

Duumvirs (Marlborough and Godolphin), 353, 363–4, 407, 412, 442

Dyle, river, 240, 242, 316–17, 320–1, 333

Earle, Peter, 112

Earle, Major General Thomas, 394, 396, 398–9

Eckeren, battle of (1703), 244–6

Edinburgh Parliament:

Marlborough sits in, 99

Eename, 382–3

Eifel, 249

Elgin, 3rd Earl of
see
Ailesbury, 2nd Earl of

Elixheim, 315

Elizabeth I, Queen, 302

Ellis, John, 259, 296, 310

Elnberger, Major General, 75

Elst’s Dutch battalion, 367

England:

Union with Scotland (1707), 31, 327, 353, 356

political parties and factions, 34–5, 38

as republic, 39

relations with France, 51

alliance with Holland against France, 52

commercial strength, 188–9

and Treaty of Ryswick, 188

financial reforms, 189–90

see also
Great Britain

Enniskillen, 166

Ensheim, battle of (1674), 80

Essex, Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of:

death, 414, 446

Essex, Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of, 92

Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of, 41, 327

Estrées, Admiral Jean d’, 78

Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan:

portraits, 13

campaign in Italy, 224, 309, 350, 356

defeats Turks at Zenta (1697), 250

disparages Victor Amadeus of Savoy, 252

favours advance to Danube, 255

meets up with Marlborough on march to Danube, 264, 266

appearance and character, 266

relations with Marlborough, 266–7, 387

discipline, 267

at Lines of Stollhofen, 268, 278

cooperates with Marlborough in Bavaria, 279–80, 283

at battle of Blenheim, 287, 289, 291, 294

with Marlborough at Seyerbach, 305

counsels Marlborough against leaving army early, 322

and Marlborough at Ramillies, 333

in attack on Toulon, 357–9, 361

Marlborough urges despatch to Spain, 362

commands army on Moselle, 370, 372

and
battle of Oudenarde, 374, 383, 385–6

and Flanders campaign (1708), 374–5, 377, 378

and Marlborough’s depression over loss of Ghent and Bruges, 375–6

attends council of war with Marlborough, 391

visits mother in Brussels, 392

opposes Marlborough’s Channel strategy, 394

and siege of Lille, 394–8

wounded, 398, 428

favours besieging Tournai, 418–19

in Flanders campaign (1709), 418

covers Bossu gap, 423

in battle of Malplaquet, 426

diverted to Rhine for 1711 campaign, 452–3

defeated by Villars at Denain, 462

and Marlborough’s visit to Frankfurt (1713), 465

Evelyn, John:

view of Marlborough, 10–11

house at Wotton, 14

on execution of regicides, 17

on restoration of Charles II, 45

on Charles II’s dogs, 57

on James Douglas (Earl of Arran), 65

witnesses judicial torture in France, 66

on Margaret Godolphin, 100

on Prince George of Denmark, 106

on Charles II’s death, 109

on French persecution of Protestants, 129

on Hounslow Heath military camp, 134

and William’s impending invasion, 137, 142

Examiner
(news-sheet), 463

Exclusion Crisis (1678–80), 91–3

executions:

practice of, 17–18

Exeter:

William of Orange in, 147

Eyne, 382, 384, 385

Fagel, François, Greffier, 254

Fagel, General François Nicolas, 429

Faille, F.H. de la, 372

Fairburne, Captain Stafford, 170

Falkner, James, 270

Farewell, Captain, 231–2

Fariaux, Jacques de, 75–6

Farquhar, George:

The Recruiting Officer
, 221

Feiling, Sir Keith, 90

Fenwick, Major General Sir John, 73, 179, 187–8

Ferguson, Brigadier James, 274, 292

Feversham, Louis de Duras, 1st Earl of (and marquis de Blanquefort):

earldom, 27

at battle of Ensheim, 80

praises Marlborough, 80

takes leave in Paris, 81

at court of Charles II, 100

commands against Monmouth rebellion, 114–21

at Sedgemoor, 122, 125, 127–8

made Garter Knight and rewarded with estate, 126

lampooned by Buckingham, 127

and conspiracy against James II, 136

and William’s invasion and advance, 150, 155

disbands forces, 155, 158

William appoints master of Royal Hospital, 155

Marlborough harasses for payment of debt, 440–1

Field, Ophelia, 104

Fielding, Robert (‘Beau’), 62–3

Fiennes, Celia, 15

Fifth Monarchy men, 49–50

Fitzharding, Barbara, Lady (
née
Villiers), 108, 154, 162–3, 176–7

Fitzharding, Colonel John Berkeley, Baron, 108, 151, 154, 162–3

FitzJames, Arabella, 48

FitzJames, Henrietta, 48

FitzRoy, Anne, 62

Flanders:

British troops in, 53, 89

Marlborough’s command in, 89, 224–489

William’s wars in, 173–4, 182

in War of Spanish Succession, 210

Villeroi in, 240

Heinsius requests more British troops for, 362

and Marlborough’s 1708 campaign, 370–2

Villars deploys in, 417

1711 campaign in, 452

see also
Spanish Netherlands

Fletcher, Andrew, 111

Fleurus, battle of (1690), 162

Forbin, Claude, comte de, 215

forlorn hope (military unit), 72, 102, 170, 272

Fortescue, Sir John, 2–3

France:

Whig hostility to, 37

expansionism, 51, 66, 200

relations with England, 51

war with Dutch, 51, 65–8

British troops support against Dutch, 52

England allies with
Holland against, 52–3, 65–6

conditions, 66–7

judicial torture in, 66

at siege of Maastricht, 70–5

defensive frontiers, 90

Protestants persecuted, 129–30

army strength, 132

threat in North America, 135

alliance with Turks and conflict with Innocent XI, 146

resumes war with Dutch (1688), 146, 159

James II’s exile in, 156

Walcourt defeat, 161–2