The Battle of Malplaquet Size:S: 50 x 25cm 2nd August 1961

2nd August 1961

'French frippery and impertinence

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The Battle of Malplaquet Size:S: 50 x 25cm 2nd August 1961The Battle of Malplaquet, 11 September 1709, (1910). Malplaquet was the last great battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The British, Austrians and Dutch commanded by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French under Villars and Boufflers, but at the cost of such severe casualties that they were unable to pursue their planned march on Paris.