Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Battle of Blenheim

Last Saturday we attended a wedding. It was in Bavaria. It was a nice do.
We drove to the reception to a typical Bavarian establishment on a hill overlooking the Danube valley. After parking the car, we proceeded to go to have a glass of bubbly to wish the bride and groom God's blessings.
I noticed a rock - a memorial stone, commemorating the spot as being the place where the French commanders stood at a battle on 13th August, 1713. This was during the War of Spanish Succession.
I did wonder about that.
When I go home and was able to access the internet, I found out that it was the Battle of Blenheim. Actually the place in Blindheim and that was over the valley and was where the British and Dutch had their headquarters.
It was John Churchill of church, the Duke of Marlborough who was the commander of the British. Later he built Blenheim Palace in England and that's where one of his seed was born, Winston Churchill.

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