MALPLAQUET
 
 
Malplaquet.

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MALPLAQUET
 
BY
HILAIRE BELLOC
 
 
 
 
LONDON
STEPHEN SWIFT & CO., LTD.
10 JOHN STREET, ADELPHI
1911
 
 
CONTENTS
 PAGE
I.THE POLITICAL MEANING OF MALPLAQUET 9
II.THE SIEGE OF TOURNAI 27
III.THE MANŒUVRING FOR POSITION 45
IV.THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE BATTLE 52
V.THE ACTION 65
 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  PAGE
Sketch Map showing how the Lines of La Bassée blocked the advance of the Allies
on Paris, and Marlborough’s plan for turning them by the successive capture of
Tournai and Mons		 19
Sketch Map showing how the Allies, holding Lille, thrust the French back on to the
defensive line St Venant-Valenciennes, and thus cut off the French garrisons of
Ypres, Tournai, and Mons		 28
Sketch Map showing complete investment of Tournai 34
Sketch Map showing the lines of woods behind Mons, with the two gaps of Boussu
and Aulnois		 48
The Elements of the Action of Malplaquet, September 11th, 1709 66
Sketch Map showing the peril the French centre ran towards noon of being turned
on its left		 ...                        
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