Excerpt from Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlborough, Vol. 6 of 6: With His Original Correspondence, Collected From the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources Illustrated With Portraits, Maps and Military Plans Chapter 100. 1711. Arrival of Marlborough at the Hague. His irksome and humiliating situation. - Progress of the secret negotiation between France and England. Preparations for the campaign. - Counter preparations of the french - Domestic occur rences in England. Embarrassments and declining influence of the new ministry. Harley and St. John court Marlborough. Corre spondence with Harley. Attacks against the financial administra tion of Godolphin in parliament. Statement of the committee of enquiry on the abuses in the disposal of public money. S - Attempt of Guiscard to assassinate Harley. - Its effects in favour of the ministry. - 'llness and sudden death of the emperor J oseph. Charles becomes head of the house_of Austria, and candidate for the throne of the empire. - Jealousies excited against the increasing power of the house of Austria. The allies support the cause of Charles. - Cor respondence. Opening of the campaign. - Lines of defence con structed by marshal Villars. - Marlborough joins the army - Military movements, and correspondence. - Derangement in the plans of the confederate generals, occasioned by the death of the emperor. In terview and separation of Eugene and Marlborough. The german forces drawn to the Rhine. - Military manmuvres of the two armies. -camp of Marlborough on the plains of Lens page 1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.