The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-13
TODAY IN HISTORY
The Battle of Blenhelm,


And everybody praised the duke,
" no this great night did win.
But what good came OF II at sast?
Quolh lttte Pcterkn.
''N ny. that / cannot tell, said he
But twas d famous victory.
The battle OF Blenhcim OF Hochstad
was IousnL ON August Ii, l,Ol between
the Duhe oI Marlborough and Prince
unuer Marshal I.llaru, Mnrson anu .tne
el@ctor ol bavaria Rouert ouulney
conversational poem on TINS Dattic, pe-
tween Ola fdSpaT ana his NtI!e Branu
cnlIu, w nncimulc, one oL the prcLtIest II.
Nle EnSusn Language, has nelpvd 10 popu-
iArizo .his balue III the puunc minu
BlGnneGn Is "A BaHarl1n NlIlage upOuN
twenty-lnree miles from Augsburg. The
Datue, however, dlu not actuany ulke
pace here, puL al a village near ny. /.
one Of the series of DaLtl1S ol the
famous war OF the Spanish succession
Inc Duke OF Marlborough, with MS mot
ley army OF Englsh. ouch, Danes ana
Germans conceailng hls main purpose,
was marching souLn along the Kline. with
4 design 10 strike his critical dow by
attacnInS the fToncn armies lhat were
forming Tor the campaign oI the Danube.
and thus protect the emperor and Vienna
ana punish tha elecLor OF Bavaria, wnosc
territory would be Inen exposed.
Marlborough and the Prince of Baden,
with united FORCES oil about $4,000 men.
advanced In rapid marches anu TOOK. By
gallant assault. thv fortlnc1tlons Oh
A(onauworLn, IL critical and com ma ndinLs
position on tho Danube. Ine allies were
now masters OF the main passages OF the
DanuDe-aad had q strong place as IL
basis OF action. The allied leaders there
upon sent troops into the heart OF Ba-
Variar and devastated the country even
to the vicinity OF Munich-Durnlng ana
destroying as they marched and taking
several minor fortresseS
Marlnoroughs forces and those oil
Prince Eugene were distant from each
other some forty miles. when came the
news oil the march OF a frenCn army
OF $1,000 men, under Tallards TO form
a junction with The others. TO succor the
elector, and take revenge for The, deIeaI
shals, Talard and Marson. were now in
command; their design was 10 attack
Marlboroush and Eueene's armies In de-
crossed the Danube and Joined Prince
Eugene near Donauworth, and thereupon
occurred one OF the most important ana
skilltul tactics Of the allied generals pre-
cip,taued the battle The allied French
and Bayarians numbered 10000 the Eng
lish. Dutch and Germans and other allies
about So. 900.
The allies were allowed TO cross AN in
terveninS brook without opposition and
form their lines: A great chargei IN iu!l
force, OF the allies was then made: they
broke the enemy extended lines, and
an ensuing charge of cavalry scattered
MS forces right and left and drove many
into the Danube. More than 1900 French
and Bavarians, who had not struck a
blow except to defend their position.
entrenched and shut up in the village oil
Blenhelm, waiting for orders to move,
were then surrounded by the victorious
allies and compelled TO surrender as
prisoners OF war The scattered rem
nants Of the French and Bavarian army
either disbanded or were driven over the
Rhine; The garrison at Ulm capitulated
and the eector fled TO France
The battle OF Blenhcim dashed to the
ground The hopes OF Louis XIV and
saved the house OF Hapsburg In Germany
and helped ii greatly In Hungary. This
battle Is commemorated In England by
Blenhelm house, the seat Of the Duke oi
Marlborough, which was erected near Ok
ford at the public expense in the reign oi
Queen Anne as a testimony OF graft
tude to the victor Of Blenheim.
On August 13 the first negro slaves
| brought 10 the colonies landed at James
town Va. in 1919. 1t Is the date or
which Havana was captured by the Eng.
| ish In 1762: the duel was fought between
| Robert Howe and Christopher Gadsder
In IT'S; the United States frigate Esse,
captured the Alert In 1872 and the British
government opened negotiations with the
confederate states QS6D. August l3 /:
| the birthday of Lord Esher (1S15) Mrs
Lucy Stone, the reformer GslS: Henry