Diminishing Kingdom—Carlos II.—First

Collision between Anglo-Saxon and

Spaniard in America—Close of Hapsburg Dynasty

in Spain, [125]

CHAPTER XX.

New European Conditions—Louis XIV.—War

of the "Spanish Succession"—Marlborough

Checks Louis at Blenheim—Archduke Abandons

Sovereignty in Spain—Peace of Utrecht—Further

Dismemberment of Spain—Gibraltar