2-356-290 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Battle of Blenheim, 1704 (1906). Central portion of the original painting by Louis Laguerre. The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Battle of Höchstädt) was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The outcome of the battle was a victory for the British and allied army under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy over the French and Bavarians. The French suffered 30,000 casualties including over 3000 horsemen who drowned trying to flee across the River Danube. On behalf of a grateful nation, Queen Anne gave Marlborough the estate of Woodstock in Oxfordshire, together with an award of £240,000 to build what would become known as Blenheim Palace. A print from Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, Goupil and Co, London, 1906.