Title

Battle of Malplaquet, 1709, (19th century). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Battle of Malplaquet, 1709, (19th century). The Battle of Malplaquet, 11 September 1709, was the last great battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The British, Austrians and Dutch commanded by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French under Villars and Boufflers, but at the cost of such severe casualties that they were unable to pursue their planned march on Paris.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C44_037

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (8,2Mb) / 11,9in x 16,5in / 3558 x 4935 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal people male man men animals horses horse country French France Austria guy British Holland Dutch Austrian war location century nord Britain soldiers soldier concept battle B&W MONOCHROME Army warfare battlefield black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Nord-Pas-de-Calais The Print Collector Battle of Malplaquet Malplaquet TGN War of the Spanish Succession engraving Unknown engraving