He surprised the prince of Hesse in the neighbourhood of Castiglione, and obliged him to retire to the Adige with the loss of two thousand men; but this victory was attended with no consequence in their favour.

The duke of Orleans retreated into Dauphine, while the French garrisons were driven out of every place they occupied in Piedmont and Italy, except Cremona, Valenza, and the castle of Milan, which were blocked up by the confederates.
{ANNE, 1701--1714} SIR C.SHOVEL SAILS WITH A REINFORCEMENT TO CHARLES.
Over and above these disasters which the French sustained in the course of this campaign, they were miserably alarmed by the project of an invasion from Britain, formed by the marquis de Guiscard, who, actuated by a family disgust, had abandoned his country and become a partisan of the confederates.

He was declared a lieutenant-general in the emperor's army, and came over to London, after having settled a correspondence with the malcontents in the southern parts of France.

He insinuated himself into the friendship of Henry St.John, secretary of war, and other persons of distinction.

His scheme of invading France was approved by the British ministry, and he was promoted to the command of a regiment of dragoons destined for that service.