The Allied forces at the 1704 Battle of Blenheim were led by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of where?
History of France joined Leopold against Louis XIV and Philip of Anjou. The allied forces were led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and by Prince Eugene of Savoy. They inflicted a few resounding defeats on the French army; the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 was the first major land battle lost by France since its victory at Rocroi in 1643. Yet, the extremely bloody battles of Ramillies (1706) and Malplaquet (1709) proved to be Pyrrhic victories for the allies, as they had lost too many men to continue the war. Led by Villars, French forces recovered much of the lost ground
War of the Spanish Succession of Kehl (1703)|Kehl]], [[Breisach]] and Landau directly threatened Vienna. [[File:Low Countries 1700 and entrenched lines.png|thumb|left|upright=1.35|The Low Countries; note location of Prince-Bishopric of Liège (in pink). Red lines show the "Pré carré," a double line of fortresses guarding the French border.]] In 1704, Franco-Bavarian forces continued their advance with the Austrians struggling to suppress [[Rákóczi's War of Independence|Rákóczi's revolt]] in Hungary. To relieve the pressure, Marlborough marched up the Rhine, joined forces with Louis of Baden and Prince Eugene and crossed the Danube on 2 July. Allied victory at [[Battle of Blenheim|Blenheim]] on 13 August forced Bavaria out of the war