Second Battle of Höchstädt

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The Second Battle of Höchstädt, better known as the Battle of Blenheim, was a decisive 1704 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed the Franco-Bavarian army, halting French expansion in Europe.

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Second Battle of Höchstädt canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
land battle ⓘ
alliance Grand Alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Blenheim ⓘ
Second Battle of Blenheim ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Blenheim
approximateStrengthAllies about 52,000 troops ⓘ
approximateStrengthFrancoBavarian about 56,000 troops ⓘ
belligerent Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
campaign Blenheim campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Blenheim
casualtiesFrancoBavarian tens of thousands killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
commander Camille d’Hostun, duc de Tallard ⓘ
Ferdinand de Marsin ⓘ
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
commemoratedBy Blenheim Palace ⓘ
conflict War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryAtTime Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
date 13 August 1704 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Oudenarde ⓘ
Battle of Ramillies ⓘ
historicalRegion Swabia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Swabia
involvedUnitType artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
location Danube River valley ⓘ
linked to: Danube region

near Blindheim, Bavaria ⓘ
namedAfter village of Blindheim (Blenheim) on the Danube ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Marshal Tallard ⓘ
destruction of much of the French field army in Germany ⓘ
opponentAlliance Franco-Bavarian forces ⓘ
partOf War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of Höchstädt ⓘ
primaryOpposingMonarch Louis XIV of France ⓘ
primarySupportingMonarch Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
result decisive Allied victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance halted French expansion in central Europe ⓘ
prevented French advance on Vienna ⓘ
shifted balance of power in War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
theatre European theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
turningPointIn War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
year 1704 ⓘ

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Battle of Blenheim → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Höchstädt ⓘ
Battle of Blenheim → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Höchstädt ⓘ
subject linked to: Blenheim
First Battle of Höchstädt → followedBy → Second Battle of Höchstädt ⓘ