Battle of Blenheim

Denkmal zum Gedenken an die Schlacht bei Höchstadt von 1704 (Battle of Blenheim), von Norden. Baudenkmal D-7-73-119-15
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The Battle of Blenheim (or Höchstädt), 1704. title QS:P1476,en:"The Battle of Blenheim (or Höchstädt), 1704. "label QS:Len,"The Battle of Blenheim (or Höchstädt), 1704. "

Detail aus dem Oefele-Votivbild zu den Geschehnissen im Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg rund um Mainburg 1704.

Die Gefangennahme von Marshall Tallard in der Zweiten Schlacht bei Höchstädt (= Battle of Blenheim) im Jahre 1704, c.1760

Hoechstaedt, Schlacht 1704 (Battle of Blenheim 1704)

Painting of the "Duke of Marlborough signing the Despatch at Blenheim" (oil on canvas). [image retouched at pen, file in JPEG format, 6x times faster than PNG format, up to 25 seconds faster display.)

Accurata delineatio praelii Hochstetensis quo ingenti Gallorum et Bavarorum exercitu profligato caeso capto ... = Representation exacte de la fameuse bataille de Hochstet ...

Willem Vleertman inspects the terrain at Blenheim

Grafik aus dem Klebeband Nr. 18 der Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek Arolsen Einblattdruck zur Zweiten Schlacht bei Höchstedt (13. August 1704) "Eigentliche Abbildung und Beschreibung der durch Göttliche Direction von denen Kayserl. u. Hohen Alyrten Truppen bey Höchstett erhaltenen gloriosen Victorie und deß aus dem Feld völlig geschlagenen Feindts", "Anno 1704 den 13. Augusti"

Grafik aus dem Klebeband Nr. 18 der Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek Arolsen Einblattdruck "Franckreichs übel zugerichte Fortuna / Oder die biß zu End geloffner Campagne Traurige Jobs-Posten", koloriert Personen: Fortuna, Franckreich, Vom Schellenberg 3. Iuly, Vom Höchstätt 13. Aug., Von der Sec 24. Aug. English: France's badly damaged Fortuna, or the campaign for sad jobs posts that has been open to the end : Cartoon following the French defeat at the Battle of Blenheim on 13 August 1704. A female personification of France, wearing a classical gilded military breastplate, sits attentively at the bedside of the personification of Fortuna, who has had her feet and hands chopped off. At left Jupiter as an eagle displays a map of the Danubian battlefields and throws an encouraging thunderbolt of war to the figure of France, who on her other side is receiving at the same time from a celestial messenger news of the loss of Landau. Wounded and partially denuded messengers, one ringing small bells, enter at right from the Danubian battlefields of Höchstätt (called in England "Blenheim") and Schellenberg. One points in addition to the figure of Icarus plummeting from the sky into the sea. However the figure of France appears stubbornly unmoved.
Battle of Blenheimlabel QS:Len,"Battle of Blenheim"label QS:Lde,"Zweite Schlacht bei Höchstädt"

The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704 title QS:P1476,en:"The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704 "label QS:Len,"The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704 "

Part of the Battle of Blenheim tapestry at Blenheim Palace by Judocus de Vos. Looking towards the south-west. In the background is the village of Blenheim and the Church of St Martin. In the middle ground are the two water mills that Rowe had to take to gain a bridgehead over the Nebel. The foreground shows an English grenadier soldier with a captured French colour. The River Danube is here shown in its natural meandering channel. Today it occupies a new man-made straight channel 1.5 km to the south-east of the channel depicted here, to the left. The footprint of the original channel is now known as the River Klosterbach. The water mills are on the River Nebel, originally a tributary of the Danube, now a tributary of the River Klosterbach, which is now a mere stream 6 metres wide at the confluence of the Nebel, whilst the replacement modern channel of the Danube here (1.4 km to the south-east) is 90 metres wide.

Marshall Tallard, escorted by two British officers, in the act of surrender to the Duke of Marlborough (on a white horse)
Subjects: Blenheim, Battle of, Blindheim, Bavaria, Germany, 1704

Marshal Tallard (left of center), the French commander, surrendering to the Duke of Marlborough (right of center) at Blenheim.

The Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Cadogan at Blenheim (Hochstadt) title QS:P1476,en:"The Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Cadogan at Blenheim (Hochstadt) "label QS:Len,"The Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Cadogan at Blenheim (Hochstadt) "label QS:Lfi,"Marlboroughin herttua ja Cadoganin jaarli Blenheimissa (Hochstadt)"label QS:Lnl,"De hertog van Marlborough en de graaf van Cadogan in Blenheim (Hochstadt)"
Gedenktafel in de:Blindheim, im Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau (Bayern) an die Schlacht bei Höchstädt am 13. August 1704

Denkmal zum Gedenken an die Schlacht bei Höchstadt von 1704 (Battle of Blenheim), Hain am Kellerberg von Südosten gesehen. Baudenkmal D-7-73-119-15

Aufgang zum Denkmal vom Radweg parallel Bundesstraße 16 (B16), Baudenkmal D-7-73-119-15

Aufgang zum Denkmal vom Radweg parallel Bundesstraße 16 (B16), Baudenkmal D-7-73-119-15

Denkmal zum Gedenken an die Schlacht bei Höchstadt von 1704 (Battle of Blenheim), von Norden. Baudenkmal D-7-73-119-15

Denkmal zum Gedenken an die Schlacht bei Höchstadt von 1704 (Battle of Blenheim), Inschriftentafel. Baudenkmal D-7-73-119-15
Battlefield. "Eugenius victor in Germania" (Prince Eugene of Savoy, victor in Germany). "Proelium ad Danubium / Höchstady" ( = Battle at the Danube / Höchstädt an der Donau = Battle of Blenheim, Second Battle of Höchstädt), 13 August 1704.
Historical Overview
Decisive Allied victory that prevented the French march on Vienna.
Quick Facts
Grand Alliance
- Commander: Marlborough / Prinz Eugen
- Strength: ca. 52.000
- Casualties: ca. 12.000
France & Bavaria
- Commander: Tallard (Gefangen) / Marsin
- Strength: ca. 56.000
- Casualties: ca. 30.000
Strategic Context
Saving the Empire from collapse and knocking Bavaria out of the war.
Conflict / War
Span. Succession War
Historical Locations
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