Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . f sovereignty over Europe; theFrench armies were no longerconsidered invincible. Thepeople of England were so grate-ful to the duke that they builthim a palace, with groundstwelve miles in circumference;and that the victory might neverbe forgotten, they named the pal-ace Blenheim. In the museumat Blenheim Palace is the dukesletter to his wife announcing hisvictory; it was written while he was on horseback, andafter fifteen continuous hours in the sadd
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . f sovereignty over Europe; theFrench armies were no longerconsidered invincible. Thepeople of England were so grate-ful to the duke that they builthim a palace, with groundstwelve miles in circumference;and that the victory might neverbe forgotten, they named the pal-ace Blenheim. In the museumat Blenheim Palace is the dukesletter to his wife announcing hisvictory; it was written while he was on horseback, andafter fifteen continuous hours in the saddle. In the same year that Blenheim was won, Sir GeorgeRooke, in command of an English fleet, captured Gibral-ter, and held it against the combined fleets of France andSpain. This strong fortress has ever since remained in pos-session of Great Britain. In the next year the Earl ofPeterborough won several important victories in Spain, andreduced a portion of the countiy. The campaign of 1706 saw the brilliant victory of Ramil-lies and the expulsion of the French from Italy, but in thenext year there was nothing but disaster. Again^ in 1708,. Duke of Marlborough 208 HISTORY OP ENGLAND [1711-13 Marlborough defeated the French at Oudenarde, and thiswas followed in 1709 by another decisive victory at Mal-plaquet. The allies suffered severely. In the meantime,they had lost ground in Spain; the Spanish people hadrisen against them, so that by 1711 they had scarcely aa foothold in the country. In addition to the difficulty that Marlborough had inkeeping the allies on friendly terms with one another, he hada greater difficulty to contend with at home. Party jealousyreached its height in the reign of Anne. The Whigs were inpower and were favourable to the war, while the Torieswished for peace and desired the return of the house of Stuart. The Tories, whohated the duke, did every-thing in their power toruin his authority and toundermine his influencewith the queen. Formany years Anne hadbe
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