. The great battles of all nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 1898. Marlborough relied principally on his cavalry achieving his decisive successes, and it was by his cavalry that Blenheim, the greatest of his victories, was won. The battle had J till five in the afternoon. Marlborough had now eight thou- THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM 401 sand horsemen drawn up in two lines, and in the most perfect orderfor a general attack on the enemys line along the space betweenBlenheim and Oberglau. The infantry was drawn up in battalionsin their rear, so as to support them if repulsed, and to keep
. The great battles of all nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 1898. Marlborough relied principally on his cavalry achieving his decisive successes, and it was by his cavalry that Blenheim, the greatest of his victories, was won. The battle had J till five in the afternoon. Marlborough had now eight thou- THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM 401 sand horsemen drawn up in two lines, and in the most perfect orderfor a general attack on the enemys line along the space betweenBlenheim and Oberglau. The infantry was drawn up in battalionsin their rear, so as to support them if repulsed, and to keep in checkthe large masses of the French that still occupied the village ofBlenheim. Tallard now interlaced his squadrons of cavalry withbattalions of infantry, and Marlborough, by a corresponding move-ment, brought several regiments of infantry, and some pieces ofartillery, to his front line at intervals between the bodies of little after five, Marlborough commenced the decisive movement,and the allied cavalry, strengthened and supported by foot and ■ 3. « • «.S§. LurancEH -Si—/ PLAN OF THE BATTLE OP BLENHEIM. guns, advanced slowly from the lower ground near the Nebel upthe slope to where the French cavalry, ten thousand strong, awaitedthem. On riding over the summit of the acclivity, the allies werereceived with so hot a fire from the French artillery and small armsthat at first the cavalry recoiled, but without abandoning the highground. The guns and the infantry which they had brought withthem maintained the contest with spirit and effect. The Frenchfire seemed to slacken. Marlborough instantly ordered a chargealong the line. The allied cavalry galloped forward at the enemyssquadrons, and the hearts of the French horsemen failed their carbines at an idle distance, they wheeled round GREAT BATTLES OF ALL NAT1 and spurred from the field, lea- g battalions :.eir oonirades to be ridde: :he torrent of the allied bry. Tl. Tallard and Marsin, sever
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