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On 10 August, Eugene sent an urgent dispatch reporting that he was falling back to Donauwörth – " The enemy have marched.

It is almost certain that the whole army is crossing the Danube at Lauingen ...

The plain of Dillingen is crowded with troops ... Everything, milord, consists in speed and that you put yourself forthwith in movement to join me tomorrow, without which I fear it will be too late.

" By a series of brilliant marches Marlborough concentrated his forces on Donauwörth and, by noon 11 August, the link-up was complete.