
This is a detailed analysis of the Duke of Marlborough as a commander--informed, dispassionate, and erudite, set in the context of the military realities of the 18th century. It offers a description and analysis of Marlborough's qualities; details the battle of Sedgemoor, Marlborough's...



John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was probably the greatest soldier that Britain has produced. Field Marshal Montgomery described him as a miltiary genius and the Duke of Wellington could conceive of nothing finer than Marlborough at the head of an English army.

