. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ites from Blenheim : After a hot despute we have obtained an entire have taken twenty-seven battalions of foot, and twelvesquadrons of dragoons besides other prisoners. The French areweaker by this battle by 30,000 men. Here is his account of Ramillies : Our successes are beyond imagination. A large countryhas fallen to us in consequence of one battle. Never was victorymore easily got, or better followed. They stayed not longenough to make the slaughter great, but the closeness of thepursuit has made amends. . The marshal reti
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ites from Blenheim : After a hot despute we have obtained an entire have taken twenty-seven battalions of foot, and twelvesquadrons of dragoons besides other prisoners. The French areweaker by this battle by 30,000 men. Here is his account of Ramillies : Our successes are beyond imagination. A large countryhas fallen to us in consequence of one battle. Never was victorymore easily got, or better followed. They stayed not longenough to make the slaughter great, but the closeness of thepursuit has made amends. . The marshal retired with somuch precipitation that he left all his sick and wounded, 120cannon, 40 mortars, 4000 barrels of powder, 15,000 sacks of cornand other provisions for four months. . My Lord is verycivil, but it is hard to make ones fortune by so cowardly anenemy, for we have no vacancies made by the battle in the Eng-lish horse. After Malplaquet, Metcalfe had little time for was obliged to put spurs to his horse and make for England. THE GARDENS, LEVENS HALL MI 142 Xevcns Iball with utmost speed, for to his care were entrusted the despatchesannouncing the victory. Amongst them was a letter to Godol-phin, then High Treasurer, from Marlborough, who wrote : I have not strength to do anything but that of letting youknow we have had this day a very murdering battle. . .Mr. Grahme, the bearer, is a very brave young man, and one ofmy aides-de-camp. He will give you an account of the action. I only wish there was time to show you the number ofother interesting letters locked up here, but we must hasten onthrough the rest of the house, or we shall see nothing of thegarden. From room to room we wander, commenting on thestamped leather, the tapestry, or panelling that adorn each will point you out where Bishop Ken slept whilst Granniesguest ; also the Servants Hall, panelled in oak, and the oldkitchen with its dresser still glittering with the pewter dishesand plates tha
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