. British campaigns in Flanders, 1690-1794; being extracts from "A history of the British army,". of the French position,the table-land is clear and unbroken, and to the rightrear or south-west stands a mound or barrow calledthe tomb of Ottomond, still conspicuous and stillvaluable as a key to the actions of the day.^ Thefull extent of the French front from Taviers to Autre-glise covered something over four miles. Having chosen his position, Villeroy lost no timein setting his troops in order. His left, consisting ofinfantry backed by cavalry,^ extended from Autregliseto Offus, both of which v
. British campaigns in Flanders, 1690-1794; being extracts from "A history of the British army,". of the French position,the table-land is clear and unbroken, and to the rightrear or south-west stands a mound or barrow calledthe tomb of Ottomond, still conspicuous and stillvaluable as a key to the actions of the day.^ Thefull extent of the French front from Taviers to Autre-glise covered something over four miles. Having chosen his position, Villeroy lost no timein setting his troops in order. His left, consisting ofinfantry backed by cavalry,^ extended from Autregliseto Offus, both of which villages were strongly centre from Offus to Ramillies was likewise com-posed of infantry. On his right, in the expanse ofsound ground which stretches for a mile and a half ^ I have described the field at some length, since the map givenby Coxe is most misleading. * Coxe, by a singular error, makes the left consist exclusively ofinfantry, in face of Quincy, Feuquieres, the London Gazette andother authorities, thereby missing almost unaccountably an im-portant feature in the 68 BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN FLANDERS vol. i 1706. from the marshes of the Geete at RamilHes to those12 of the Mehaigne, \yere massed more than one hundred^^ 23 ^j^J twenty squadrons of cavalry with some battahonsof infantry interhned with them, the famous FrenchHousehold Cavalry (Maison du Roi) being in the firstline. The left flank of this expanse was covered bythe village of Ramillies, which was surrounded by aditch and defended by twenty battalions and twenty-four guns. On the right flank not only Taviers butFranquinay, a village still further in advance, wereoccupied by detachments of infantry, while Tavierswas further defended by cannon. Marlborough quickly perceived the defects ofVilleroys dispositions, wliich were not unlike thoseof Tallard at Blenheim. Taviers was too remotej from Ramillies for the maintenance of a cross-fire ofartillery. Again, the cavalry of the French left wasdoubt
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