16 February 1704Order on Army ChaplainsJohn Churchill Marlborough, 1st
Issues an order concerning the duties of army chaplains before the year's continental campaign.
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Issues an order concerning the duties of army chaplains before the year's continental campaign.
Begins the march that shifts the war to southern Germany.
Meets Prince Eugene during the Danube campaign.
Marlborough commands the assault at Schellenberg and secures the route toward Donauworth.
Lumley serves in Marlborough's army during the assault on Schellenberg.
Marlborough captures Donauworth after the Allied victory on the Schellenberg heights.
Marlborough and Baden invade western Bavaria before the campaign culminates at Blenheim.
Begins the operation that captures Gibraltar.
Baker commands Monmouth in the squadron attacking the town and southern defences of Gibraltar.
Byng leads a squadron in the naval bombardment that weakens Gibraltar before the final surrender.
Andrew Leake commands Grafton during the bombardment of Gibraltar before the Allied landing.
Jumper commands Lenox in the force attacking the New Mole during the capture of Gibraltar.
Whitaker's sailors and marines land at the New Mole and help force the Spanish command toward surrender.
Leads landing troops during the capture of Gibraltar.
Leake serves in the naval force that captures Gibraltar.
Leake serves with the Allied naval force that takes Gibraltar during the Mediterranean campaign.
Rooke commands the Anglo-Dutch fleet that captures Gibraltar for the Grand Alliance.
Rooke commands the fleet that captures Gibraltar for the Grand Alliance.
Shovell supports Rooke's fleet during the capture of Gibraltar from Bourbon Spain.
Shovell supports the naval operation that captures Gibraltar.
Marlborough and Eugene join forces before the decisive battle near Blenheim.
Commands infantry under Marlborough at Blenheim.
Marlborough and Eugene defeat the French-Bavarian army at Blenheim, saving Vienna and changing the course of the war.
Lumley fights at Blenheim during Marlborough's decisive victory.
Commands the Allied right and centre at Blenheim.
Commits massed cavalry against the weakened French centre, helping turn the battle into a major Allied victory.
Pins substantial French forces on the battlefield flanks while preparing the decisive Allied attack against the weakened centre.
Serves in cavalry operations during the Blenheim victory.
Marlborough's victory at Blenheim prevents a French-Bavarian threat to Austria and strengthens the alliance.
Receives the captured French commander Marshal Tallard after the collapse of the Franco-Bavarian position at Blenheim.
Byng serves in the Anglo-Dutch fleet during the Battle of Malaga.
Rooke commands the Anglo-Dutch fleet against the French fleet at Malaga.
Shovell fights in the fleet action off Malaga after the capture of Gibraltar.
Fights in the Anglo-Dutch fleet off Malaga.
Queen Anne celebrates Marlborough's victory at Blenheim with public thanksgiving.
Returns to St James's after the victorious continental campaign and the journey home from Rotterdam.
Appears in the Lords and receives formal parliamentary thanks for the Blenheim campaign.
Godolphin sustains army funding while Marlborough campaigns in Germany and wins at Blenheim.
Grants Marlborough the estate later used for Blenheim Palace.
Marlborough's forces secure Trarbach after the Blenheim campaign opens the Moselle route.
Marlborough's forces secure Trier after the success of the Blenheim campaign.
Coordinates Allied strategy with Prince Eugene of Savoy before confronting the Franco-Bavarian army near Blenheim.
Uses deceptive preparations, including bogus pontoon bridges, to obscure the true destination of his march toward the Upper Danube.
Moves a multinational army hundreds of kilometres from the Low Countries toward Bavaria in about five weeks.
Organises logistics for Marlborough's march to the Danube.
Marlborough marches to the Danube with British and German forces to prevent a French-Bavarian threat to Austria.
Henry St John becomes Secretary at War and handles army administration during Marlborough's campaigns.
Harley becomes Secretary of State and gains influence over war policy under Queen Anne.
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