Название: Malplaquet 1709: Marlborough’s Bloodiest Battle (Osprey Campaign 355)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2020
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 97
Размер: 28 Mb
In 1709, after eight years of war, France was on her knees. There was not enough money left in the treasury to pay, equip or feed the army and a bad harvest led to starvation throughout the kingdom. Circumstances had worsened to the point that King Louis XIV was forced to offer to end the War of Spanish Succession on humiliating terms for his country. However, the allied powers - Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire - refused Louis' offer, believing that one more successful campaign would utterly destroy French power.