Contents

List of maps
Foreword
Introduction
Chronology
Chapter One   The Coming of the War for Spain 1701–1702
Chapter Two   There Was Once a War – A Glimpse at the Eyewitnesses
Chapter Three   To See the Enemy Pass – The Borders of Holland, 1702–1703
Chapter Four   So Glorious a Victory – The Campaign in the Danube Valley, 1704
Chapter Five   But Much is Yet to be Done – The Lines of Brabant, 1705
Chapter Six   The Miraculous Year – Ramillies and the Conquest of Belgium, 1706
Chapter Seven   So Great a Blessing – Flanders, and the Battle of Oudenarde, 1707–1708
Chapter Eight   That Pearl Among Fortresses – The Siege of Lille, July–December 1708
Chapter Nine   A Murderous Affair – Tournai, the Battle of Malplaquet and Mons, 1709–1710
Chapter Ten   War of Attrition – Northern France, 1710–1713
Chapter Eleven   Over the Seas to Spain – The Spanish War 1702–1713
Appendix 1   The Aims of the Treaty of Grand Alliance, 1701
Appendix 2   The Terms of the Treaty of Utrecht, 1713
Bibliography