Battle of Ramillies their disastrous defeat at Blenheim in 1704, the next year brought the French some respite. The Duke of Marlborough had intended the 1705 campaign – an invasion of France through the Moselle valley – to complete the work of Blenheim and persuade King Louis XIV to make peace but the plan had been thwarted by friend and foe alike. The reluctance of his Dutch allies to see their frontiers denuded of troops for another gamble in Germany had denied Marlborough the initiative but of far greater importance was the Margrave of Baden’s pronouncement that he could not join the Duke
Empire II: The Art of War Empire II: The Art of War Empire II: The Art of War is a video game developed by American studio White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing for the PC. "Empire II: The Art of War" is built around a highly customisable game and ruleset editor, allowing single battle scenarios to be created and played from the Neolithic to the space-age. It comes with a number of preset scenarios, including the Battle of Arbela (331 BC), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the Battle of Blenheim (1704), and the American Civil War battles of Antietam and Shiloh (1862). "PC