"I have not time to say more but to beg you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know Her army has had a Glorious Victory."

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PrisonersBritish Ambassadors to the NetherlandsMilitary leaders from EnglandBritish Ambassadors to FranceBritish Ambassadors to Sweden
Original Language: English

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Marlborough's message to Sarah Churchill scribbled on the back of a tavern reckoning while on horseback during the Battle of Blenheim (13 August 1704), quoted in Correlli Barnett, Marlborough (Wordsworth, 1999), p. 121.