May 23, 1706 · Spanish Netherlands Theater
May 23, 1706
Marlborough delivered the most complete tactical victory of his career in under ninety minutes. Attacking Villeroi's army along a curved front near Ramillies, Marlborough exploited the interior lines his position gave him — secretly shifting troops from his right to his center and left while fixing the French right with a feint. The French center and left collapsed under concentrated Allied pressure. Villeroi's army disintegrated into a rout that became a catastrophe.
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