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The Battle of Ramillies (), fought on 23 May 1706, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Initial attack at the Battle of Ramillies, 23 May 1706.
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Battle of Ramillies
* 1706 – Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
The stalemate was broken in 1706, as Marlborough drove the French out of most of the Spanish Netherlands, decisively defeating troops under Villeroi in the Battle of Ramillies in May and following up with the conquest of Antwerp and Dunkirk.
The Battle of Ramillies between the French and the English, 23 May 1706.
File: Ramillies1. jpg | The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Ramillies, 1706
* May 23 – Battle of Ramillies: English, Dutch, and German troops defeat the French.
Maximilian Emanuel was again forced to flee the Netherlands after the Battle of Ramillies ( May 23, 1706 ) and found refuge at the French court in Versailles where his late sister Maria Anna ( 1660 – 1690 ) had been the wife of le Grand Dauphin.
The subsequent Battle of Ramillies, fought in the Spanish Netherlands on 23 May, was perhaps Marlborough's most successful action, and one in which he had himself characteristically drawn his sword at the pivotal moment.
One was written by Joseph Addison, reporting on the debate in the House of Commons over the grant to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and his heirs, following the Battle of Ramillies.
It was Stepney who formally took possession of the principality of Mindelheim in Marlborough's name on 26 May, following the Battle of Ramillies.
He joined the forces of the allies in 1703 in the War of Spanish Succession, was present at the Battle of Ramillies in 1706, and at Oudenaarde in 1708, and distinguished himself at the siege of Lille.
* The Battle of Ramillies, a victory for the British under the Duke of Marlborough, inspires several poets.
He commanded a brigade at the Battle of Ramillies in May 1706 and, having been promoted to brigadier general on 1 June 1706, became colonel of the Grey Dragoons on 24 August 1706.
His son, the de jure eleventh Lord, was a colonel in the army and was killed at the Battle of Ramillies in 1706.
Henry was a captain in the Scottish army and like his cousin fought at the Battle of Ramillies.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, the regiment fought at the Battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim ( 1704 ), the Battle of Ramillies ( 1706 ), the Battle of Oudenarde ( 1708 ) and the Battle of Malplaquet ( 1709 ).
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies ( 23 May 1706 ):
Pre-War ( Battle Honours for predecessor regiments ): Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Dettigen, Warburg, Beaumont, Willems, Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo, Balaklava, Sevastopol, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899 – 1902
The Battle of Ramillies, the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment | 16th Foot charging the French infantry.
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