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[I.]	THE POLITICAL MEANING OF MALPLAQUET	[9]
[II.]	THE SIEGE OF TOURNAI	[27]
[III.]	THE MANŒUVRING FOR POSITION	[45]
[IV.]	THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE BATTLE	[52]
[V.]	THE ACTION	[65]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Sketch Map showing how the Lines of La Bassée blocked the advance of the Allies on Paris, and Marlborough’s plan for turning them by the successive capture of Tournai and Mons		[19]
Sketch Map showing how the Allies, holding Lille, thrust the French back on to the defensive line St Venant-Valenciennes, and thus cut off the French garrisons of Ypres, Tournai, and Mons		[28]
Sketch Map showing complete investment of Tournai		[34]
Sketch Map showing the lines of woods behind Mons, with the two gaps of Boussu and Aulnois		[48]
The Elements of the Action of Malplaquet, September 11th, 1709		[66]
Sketch Map showing the peril the French centre ran towards noon of being turned on its left		[79]
Sketch Map showing Marlborough bringing up troops to the centre for the final and successful attack upon the entrenchments		[84]

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