text:  But Marlborough's experience had taught him that as little reliance was to be placed on the co-operation of the Margrave of Baden and the lesser German powers as on that of the Dutch; and he felt that it was altogether in vain to attempt another campaign either in Germany or Flanders unless some more effectual measures were taken to appease the jealousies and secure the co-operation of this discordant alliance than had hitherto been done