. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . D Z D o z o. > o (/3 ?S) « q ^ Di >> rtu ?e o a I JOHN. LORD CUTTS 305 concerned in pacifying his numerous creditors, until the outbreakof war in 1701 gave him fresh employment in the field. He serxedas lieutenant-general under Marlborough, and struck the first blowb}- surprising an outwork of Venloo (September 18, 1702), a feat ofextraordinar}- daring, which his enemies termed a vaingloriousfoolhardiness and which evoked a scurrilous lampoon from Swift,entitled Ode to a Sa/amandei: At Blenheim he commanded the leftwing, and
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . D Z D o z o. > o (/3 ?S) « q ^ Di >> rtu ?e o a I JOHN. LORD CUTTS 305 concerned in pacifying his numerous creditors, until the outbreakof war in 1701 gave him fresh employment in the field. He serxedas lieutenant-general under Marlborough, and struck the first blowb}- surprising an outwork of Venloo (September 18, 1702), a feat ofextraordinar}- daring, which his enemies termed a vaingloriousfoolhardiness and which evoked a scurrilous lampoon from Swift,entitled Ode to a Sa/amandei: At Blenheim he commanded the leftwing, and directed the desperate assaults upon the village, but in1705, to his great chagrin, he was made Commander-in-chief in Ireland,where he died, broken in health and fortune, two years later. Hewas the typical beaii-sabrcur, handsome, vain, extravagant, romantic,but a true soldier of undaunted courage. To him Richard Steelededicated his Christian Hero. WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657) was born of good Kentish yeoman stock and educated at the KingsSchool, Canterbury, and Ca
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