text: [1] It might have been expected that after the march into Bavaria had demonstrated the military genius of the Duke of Marlborough and the battle of Blenheim had in so decisive a manner broken the enemy's power the principal direction of military affairs would have been entrusted to that consummate commander; and that the Allied cabinets without presuming to interfere in the management of the campaigns would have turned all their efforts to place at his disposal forces adequate to carry into execution the mighty designs which he meditated and had shown himself so well qualified to carry into execution