As for the garrison in Blenheim, you know they were at last surrounded by Marlborough's whole force, with artillery; and with the Danube in their rear, and no prospect of succour, they were forced to surrender.
"It was a disastrous day, and I have not yet recovered from the wound I received there.

Wad five thousand infantry been posted in a redoubt, halfway between Blenheim and Oberglau, so as to give support to our cavalry, the result of the battle would have been very different.

Still, I suppose that most battles are lost by some unlooked-for accident--some mistake in posting the troops.

We can only say that, had the allied forces been all composed of such troops as those Eugene commanded, they would have been beaten decisively; and that had, on the contrary, Eugene commanded such troops as those under Marlborough, Marcin would never have held his ground." "How many British troops were there in the battle, Captain O'Donovan ?" "Somewhere about twelve thousand, while the Continental troops were forty-seven or forty-eight thousand.

There is no doubt that they were the backbone of the force, just as we flatter ourselves that our three regiments were the backbone of the defence of Oberglau.".