Marlborough quickly moved forward two brigades under the command of General Wilkes and Brigadier Rowe to secure the narrow strip of land between the Danube and the wooded Fuchsberg hill, at the Schwenningen defile.

On their left, on the broad plain between Taviers and Ramillies – and where Marlborough thought the decisive encounter must take place – Overkirk drew the 69 squadrons of the Dutch and Danish horse, supported by 19 battalions of Dutch infantry and two artillery pieces.

Moreover, this disposition – concave in relation to the Allied army – gave Marlborough the opportunity to form a more compact line, drawn up in a shorter front between the ‘ horns ’ of the French crescent ; when the Allied blow came it would be more concentrated and carry more weight.

One account has it that the cannonball flew between the Captain-General ’ s legs before hitting the unfortunate colonel, whose torso fell at Marlborough ’ s feet – a moment subsequently depicted in a lurid set of contemporary playing cards.

The Statute of Marlborough became a basis for royal government, and the relationship between the king and his subjects, and as such the Dictum lived on in English constitutional history.

Controversy erupted when Bengt, who has said he has " no interest in art and his grandfather's works ", terminated the standing agreement between the family and the Marlborough Gallery.

Smaller ferries operate in the Bay of Islands, Rawene ( Northland ), Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, the Marlborough Sounds and Lyttelton ( Christchurch ), and between Bluff and Halfmoon Bay ( Stewart Island / Rakiura ).

In Great Britain Marlborough's powerful political influence was lost: the source of much of his influence, the friendship between his wife and Queen Anne came to an end, with Queen Anne dismissing the Duchess of Marlborough from her offices and banishing her from the court.

Shortly after the plot was discovered, Eleanor was moved away from coast and transferred between Gloucester, Marlborough and Bristol Castle.

To relieve this pressure, the network-wide New Works Programme, 1935-1940 included the construction of new sections of tunnel between the Bakerloo line's platforms at Baker Street and Finchley Road and the replacement of three Metropolitan line stations ( Lord's, Marlborough Road and Swiss Cottage ) between those points with two new Bakerloo stations ( St. John's Wood and Swiss Cottage ).

* Marlborough ( car ), an Anglo-French car made between 1906 and 1926

New Marlborough was first settled in 1738 as one of the four townships opened up along the road between Sheffield and Westfield.

Incurring Anne's disfavour, and caught between Tory and Whig factions, Marlborough, who had brought glory and success to Anne's reign, was forced from office and went into self-imposed exile.

Marlborough continued to make his views known, but he was in trouble: attacked by his enemies and the government press ; with his fortune in peril and Blenheim Palace still unfinished and running out of money ; and with England split between Hanoverian and Jacobite factions, Marlborough thought it wise to leave the country.

Covering some 4, 000 km² of sounds, islands, and peninsulas, the Marlborough Sounds lie at the South Island's north-easternmost point, between Tasman Bay in the west and Cloudy Bay in the south-east.

It is close to the A4, between the towns of Marlborough and Calne, also the route of a Roman road which runs between Beckhampton and West Kennett and runs to the south of the hill.

Its course takes it through the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the river between Marlborough and Woolhampton is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ).

Determined to secure the highest-ranking mate possible for her only daughter, a union that would emphasize the preeminence of the Vanderbilt family in New York society, Alva Vanderbilt engineered a meeting between Consuelo and the land-rich, money-poor Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, chatelain of Blenheim Palace.

Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough KG, PC ( 13 November 1871 – 30 June 1934 ), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford between 1883 and 1892, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.

Marlborough was also Lord High Steward at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902, Mayor of Woodstock between 1907 and 1908 and Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1915 and 1934.

Although Queen Alexandra never treated her sister badly and they spent time together at Marlborough House in London and at Sandringham House in Norfolk in Great Britain, Maria felt that she was now " number two ".

This daughter married Colonel Charles Churchill of Chalfont ( 1720 – 1812 ), a great-nephew of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, with whom she had two daughters.

His two sons Hugh ( 1866-1925 ) and Geoffrey ( 1867-1882 ) were sent to Marlborough College, where Geoffrey died at the age of 14.

), in the presence of his wife and two surviving daughters Henrietta Godolphin and Mary Montagu, the 1st Duke of Marlborough died.

Despite this, gossip spread rapidly about Mary's parentage, and her grandmother Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough did not recognise her until 1740, when the two reconciled their differences.

Ormonde was stripped of his posts as Captain-General, as colonel of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards and as Commander in Chief of the Forces with the first two posts going to the Duke of Marlborough and the role of Commander-in-Chief going to the Earl of Stair.

Like their elder brother, Kennedy ( born 1923 ), Ross and Norris were educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford, where, at his choice, he completed his law degree in two years rather than the usual three.

In its original form Marlborough House had just two stories.

In the 1820s plans were drawn up to demolish Marlborough House and replace it with a terrace of similar dimensions to the two in neighbouring Carlton House Terrace, and this idea even featured on some contemporary maps, including Christopher and John Greenwood's large-scale London map of 1830, but the proposal was not implemented.

Cheltenham now only have Rugby courts and Dover two unrestored Eton courts ; Marlborough have four rugby and two eton courts, all in good condition.

They had two sons, John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford ( who became 10th Duke of Marlborough ) and Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill.

They had two sons, John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, eventually the 10th Duke of Marlborough, and Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill.

He was educated at Marlborough College, and made two unsuccessful attempts to get into the British Army colleges Royal Military Academy and three to get into Sandhurst between 1880 and 1882.

They attacked three more settlements: Longmeadow ( near Springfield ), Marlborough, and Simsbury were attacked two weeks later.

Roman remains and coins have been found two miles to the east of Marlborough, at Mildenhall ( Cunetio ).

On 28 April 1653 the Great Fire of Marlborough started in a tanner's yard and spread quickly eventually after four hours burning the Guildhall, St Mary ’ s Church the County Armoury, and two hundred and forty four houses to the ground.

Every October the high street is closed for the two Saturdays either side of 11 October for the Marlborough Mop Fair.

It was formed when the former Marlborough Grammar School and Secondary modern school were amalgamated. There is also a junior school, St Peter's and an infants school, St Mary's, which are named after the two churches in Marlborough.

The late renowned jockey Sir Gordon Richards is buried in the new cemetery on Marlborough Common, the second of two such cemeteries to be opened after the two churchyards stopped being used for burials.

Although William's successor Anne had considerable Tory sympathies and excluded the Junto Whigs from power, after a brief and unsuccessful experiment with an exclusively Tory government she generally continued William's policy of balancing the parties, supported by her moderate Tory ministers, the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Godolphin.

Although William's successor Anne had considerable Tory sympathies and excluded the Junto Whigs from power, after a brief and unsuccessful experiment with an exclusively Tory government she generally continued William's policy of balancing the parties, supported by her moderate Tory ministers, the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Godolphin.

The coalition of autumn 1705, between Marlborough and Godolphin and the whig junto, was sealed by the dismissal of Wright, now out of favour with both parties, and his replacement ( 11 October ) by William Cowper.