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
First Battle of Anandpur (1704) First Battle of Anandpur (1704) The First Battle of Anandpur was fought between the Mughal Empire and the Sikhs in 1704. The Mughals were defeated in the First Battle of Chamkaur (1702) therefore the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb sent a huge force under General Ramjan Khan to Anandpur. General Sayyid Khan was replaced by General Ramjan Khan.Ramjan khan besieged the fort of Anandpur and the battle starts.In the battle, Ramjan Khan was severely wounded against the Guru at the well militarised fort of Anandpur Sahib. Hence, seeing all failure of the efforts the mughal forces were forcefully repulsed by the Sikhs.