"Colonie omits a casualty figure in his ""Chronicles of an old Campaigner""; but Saint-Simon in his ""Memoirs"" states 4,000 killed, adding 'many others were wounded and many important persons were taken prisoner'. Voltaire, however, in ""Histoire du siècle du Louis XIV"" records, 'the French lost there twenty thousand men'. Battle of Ramillies The Battle of Ramillies (), fought on 23 May 1706, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the Grand Alliance – Austria, England, and the Dutch Republic – the battle had followed an indecisive campaign against the Bourbon armies of King Louis XIV of"
"HMS Ramillies (1785) HMS ""Ramillies"" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 12 July 1785 at Rotherhithe. On 4 April 1796, ""Ramilies"" ran down and sank the hired armed lugger ""Spider"" while maneuvering. In 1801, ""Ramilies"" was part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's reserve squadron at the Battle of Copenhagen, and so did not take an active part in the battle. In 1807 ""Ramillies"" was in the West Indies as part of a squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane, who sailed in ""HMS Belleisle"". The squadron, which included ""HMS Prince"
"1706 Battle of Ramillies, was laid down by William Beardmore and Company at its shipyard in Dalmuir, Scotland. She was launched on 12 June 1916 and commissioned on 1 September 1917. Commissioning was delayed because her rudder was damaged during launch. The battleship was towed with great difficulty to the Cammell Laird works on the River Mersey for repairs. Because of an increasing awareness of the danger of torpedo attack from submarines and destroyers, ""Ramillies"", being completed later than her sisters in this class, had anti-torpedo bulges fitted. These were streamlined external compartments fitted along the waterline and filled with"
"Ramillies on 23 May 1706 and found refuge at the French court in Versailles where his late sister Maria Anna (1660–1690) had been the wife of the ""Grand Dauphin"". In 1712, Luxemburg and Namur were ceded to Maximilian Emanuel by his French allies, a cession that was not definitive since France was only the occupant of what was still the Spanish Netherlands. The war between France and Austria finally ended in 1714 in the Treaty of Rastatt in which Louis XIV compelled Austria to implement the full restoration of his faithful ally Maximilian Emanuel, including the return of the Upper"
"resold to an Italian company, which in November 1913 towed her to Italy to be broken up. The following is an incomplete list of captains who commanded ""Ramillies"": HMS Ramillies (1892) HMS ""Ramillies"" was a ""Royal Sovereign-""class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Battle of Ramillies. The ship was built by J. & G. Thompson at Clydebank, starting with her keel laying in August 1890. She was launched in March 1892 and commissioned into the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship the following October. She was armed with a main battery of four 13.5-inch guns and a secondary battery"
"HMS Ramillies (1892) HMS ""Ramillies"" was a ""Royal Sovereign-""class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Battle of Ramillies. The ship was built by J. & G. Thompson at Clydebank, starting with her keel laying in August 1890. She was launched in March 1892 and commissioned into the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship the following October. She was armed with a main battery of four 13.5-inch guns and a secondary battery of ten 6-inch guns. The ship had a top speed of 16.5 knots. ""Ramillies"" served as flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet up to 1899, and again from 1900"
"Battle of Rathmines The Battle of Rathmines was fought in and around what is now the Dublin suburb of Rathmines in August 1649, during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between an English Parliamentarian army under Michael Jones which held Dublin and an army composed of Irish Confederate and English Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Ormonde. The battle ended in the rout of the Confederate/Royalist army and facilitated the landing in Ireland of Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army several days later, who in"
"incomplete victory as Marlborough had to follow up and complete the defeat of Duc de Villeroi's army. The following year, the Scots Greys were once again in the field under Marlborough. With the French armies pressing the Alliance, Marlborough's forces had to remain in the Low Countries. The French armies were manoeuvring to fight a battle that would allow them to dictate terms for a peace treaty. The two armies met near Ramillies on 23 May 1706. During the battle, the Scots Greys, serving in Lord Hays' brigade of dragoons, forced their way into the village of Autre Eglise, routing"
"Marlbrouck"". The subsequent Battle of Ramillies, fought in the Spanish Netherlands on 23 May, was perhaps Marlborough's most successful action, and one in which he had himself characteristically drawn his sword at the pivotal moment. For the loss of fewer than 3,000 dead and wounded (far fewer than Blenheim), his victory had cost the enemy some 20,000 casualties, inflicting in the words of Marshal Villars, ""the most shameful, humiliating and disastrous of routs"". The campaign was an unsurpassed operational triumph for the English general. Town after town subsequently fell to the Allies. ""It really looks more like a dream than"
"and the [[Treaty of Ilbersheim]] placed it under Austrian rule. [[File:Pursuit of the French after the Battle of Ramillies.png|thumb|right|upright=1.35|Ramillies, May 1706; defeat forced France onto the defensive for the rest of the war]] Allied efforts to exploit their victory in 1705 foundered on poor co-ordination, tactical disputes and command rivalries, while Leopold's ruthless rule in Bavaria caused a brief but vicious [[Bavarian People's Uprising|peasant revolt]]. In May 1706 an Allied force under Marlborough shattered a French army at the [[Battle of Ramillies]]; as French numbers had been maximised by stripping garrisons from the Spanish Netherlands, the entire province fell to"
"HMS Ramillies (1763) HMS ""Ramillies"" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1763 at Chatham Dockyard. In 1782 she was the flagship of a fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves off Newfoundland. ""Ramillies"" was badly damaged in a violent storm of 1782, and was finally abandoned and burned on 21 September 1782. On 16–19 September, she was escorting a convoy from Jamaica when they were hit by the storm. Frantic efforts were made to save her. All anchors, cannon, and masts were shipped over the side. The hull was bound together"
"Battle of Halmyros The Battle of Halmyros, known by earlier scholars as the Battle of the Cephissus or Battle of Orchomenos, was fought on 15 March 1311, between the forces of the Frankish Duchy of Athens and its vassals under Walter of Brienne against the mercenaries of the Catalan Company, resulting in a decisive victory for the Catalans. Engaged in conflict with their original employers, the Byzantine Empire, the Catalan Company had traversed the southern Balkans and arrived in southern Greece in 1309. The new Duke of Athens, Walter of Brienne, hired them to attack the Greek ruler of neighbouring"
"HMS Ramillies (07) HMS ""Ramillies"" (pennant number: 07) was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and saw no combat during the war. She served with the Grand Fleet for the duration of the war. The ship was active throughout World War II, with service ranging from convoy escort to shore bombardment to engaging enemy battleships. The ""Revenge""-class ships were designed as slightly smaller, slower, and more heavily protected versions of the preceding s. As an economy measure they were intended to revert to"
"Piedmont and relieve Savoy's capital. Events elsewhere were now to have major consequences for the war in Italy. With Villeroi's crushing defeat by Marlborough at the Battle of Ramillies on 23 May, Louis XIV recalled Vendôme north to take command of French forces in Flanders. It was a transfer that Saint-Simon considered something of a deliverance for the French commander who was ""now beginning to feel the unlikelihood of success [in Italy] … for Prince Eugene, with the reinforcements that had joined him after the Battle of Calcinato, had entirely changed the outlook in that theatre of the war."" The"
"from northern Italy. Only from Spain did Louis XIV receive any good news where Das Minas and Galway had been forced to retreat from Madrid towards Valencia, allowing Philip V to re-enter his capital on 4 October. All in all though, the situation had changed considerably and Louis XIV began to look for ways to end what was fast becoming a ruinous war for France. For Queen Anne also, the Ramillies campaign had one overriding significance – ""Now we have God be thanked so hopeful a prospect of peace."" Instead of continuing the momentum of victory, however, cracks in Allied"
"Battle of Raismes (1793) The Battle of Raismes (also known as the Battle of Condé or St. Amand) took place on 8 May 1793, during the Flanders Campaign of the Wars of the French Revolution, between the French Republican army of the Marquis de Dampierre and the Allied Coalition army of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, and resulted in an Allied Victory. Following the defeat of Neerwinden and the defection of Dumouriez, French forces in the Low Countries were in a disorganised and severely weakened condition. Pulling back towards the fortified camp of Famars, closer to French frontier, the new commander"
"Ramillies. She was rebuilt again in 1742–3 before serving as the flagship of the ill-fated Admiral John Byng in the Seven Years' War. ""Ramillies"" was wrecked at Bolt Tail near Hope Cove on 15 February 1760. ""Royal Katherine"" was launched in 1664 by Charles II, an event attended by naval administrator Samuel Pepys. Pepys recorded the occasion in his diary and it was dramatised by BBC Radio 4 in 2012 as part of series 5 of ""The Diary of Samuel Pepys"". ""Royal Katherine"" participated in the Second Anglo-Dutch War fighting in the Battle of Lowestoft on 13 June 1665, the"
"Battle of Salamanca In Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as ""Battle of Arapiles"") an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain on 22July 1812 during the Peninsular War. A Spanish division was also present but took no part in the battle. The battle involved a succession of flanking manoeuvres in oblique order, initiated by the British heavy cavalry brigade and Pakenham's 3rd division, and continued by the cavalry and the 4th, 5th and 6th divisions. These attacks resulted in a rout of"
"Battle of Gravelines (1558) The Battle of Gravelines was fought on 13 July 1558 at Gravelines, near Calais, France. It occurred during the twelve-year war between France and Spain (1547–1559). The battle resulted in a victory by the Spanish forces, led by Lamoral, Count of Egmont, over the French, led by Marshal Paul de Thermes. The Spanish were supported by the English Navy, who opened fire on the French as they reached the sand dunes at Gravelines. Following the dominance of the Spanish forces, led by Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, at the Battle of St. Quentin, Henry II of"
"challenged the traditional predominance of knightly heavy cavalry. Battle of Halmyros The Battle of Halmyros, known by earlier scholars as the Battle of the Cephissus or Battle of Orchomenos, was fought on 15 March 1311, between the forces of the Frankish Duchy of Athens and its vassals under Walter of Brienne against the mercenaries of the Catalan Company, resulting in a decisive victory for the Catalans. Engaged in conflict with their original employers, the Byzantine Empire, the Catalan Company had traversed the southern Balkans and arrived in southern Greece in 1309. The new Duke of Athens, Walter of Brienne, hired"
"French blockade of Mons. In 1695, he directed the siege of Namur with Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn. He was promoted to field marshal of the Spanish cavalry and, two years later, commanded the Lorraine Regiment of Cavalry. In the Spanish War of Succession, Verboom was in command of Antwerp's defenses in 1702. He also took part in the siege of Hulst along with Captain General Isidro de la Cueva-Benavides. In 1706, the Frenco-Spanish Army—commanded by François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi—was defeated by troops commanded by the Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Ramillies. Troops from Antwerp"
"various shock absorbent materials, designed to take the impact of a torpedo before it could breach the hull. ""Ramillies"" joined the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in May 1917. On 9 April 1920 Captain Aubrey Smith took command of the ship, and in the disturbances between Turkey and Britain later in 1920, ""Ramillies"" fired from her position in the Sea of Marmora at Turkish shore targets. In 1924 ""Ramillies"" joined the 2nd Battle Squadron of the British Atlantic Fleet. During the 1926 general strike she was sent to the River Mersey to land food supplies, along with ."
"of Barfleur on 29 May 1692. ""Royal Katherine"" was rebuilt at Portsmouth in 1702 and became a 90-gun second rate. She served as the flagship of Admiral George Rooke in the War of the Spanish Succession from 1701. In 1706 she was renamed ""Ramillies"" in honour of John Churchill's victory at the Battle of Ramillies fought that year. ""Ramillies"" was rebuilt again at Portsmouth Dockyard between 30 November 1742 and 8 February 1743. She remained a 90-gun second rate in accordance with 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, relaunching on 8 February. She saw service in the Seven Years' War"
"years earlier and was no doubt enhanced in their conversation when Lord Orkney sat to the sculptor for the modelling of the bust. Rysbrack would have been aware of Lord Orkney’s heroism during the various campaigns in the Low Countries during the War of the Spanish Succession, not least the Battle of Ramillies on 23 May 1706 after which Orkney led the pursuit of the defeated French forces. Following the battle and pursuit, city after city – including Brussels, Bruges and Antwerp – capitulated to Marlborough's forces. In Antwerp, Rysbrack’s home city, to which Orkney was dispatched by Marlborough with"
"bound as it was by walls, some of which are still visible. In more recent times, Rathmines was a popular suburb of Dublin, attracting the wealthy and powerful seeking refuge from the poor living conditions of the city from the middle of the 19th century. A substantial mansion, generally called Rathmines Old Castle, was built in the seventeenth century, probably at present day Palmerstown Park, and rebuilt in the eighteenth; no trace of it survives today. Arguably, Rathmines is best known historically for a bloody battle that took place there in 1649, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, leading to"
"given his personal attention to that wing and strengthened it with large bodies of horse and foot that ought to have been taking part in the decisive struggle south of Ramillies. Meanwhile, the Dutch assault on Ramillies was gaining pace. Marlborough's younger brother, General of Infantry, Charles Churchill, ordered four brigades of foot to attack the village. The assault consisted of 12 battalions of Dutch infantry commanded by Major Generals Schultz and Spaar; two brigades of Saxons under Count Schulenburg; a Scottish brigade in Dutch service led by the 2nd Duke of Argyle; and a small brigade of Protestant Swiss."
"from 6 January 1940 to 12 February she escorted 13,000 New Zealand troops from Wellington to Suez. From 15 April to 7 May 1940 she escorted Australian soldiers from Melbourne to Suez. After Italy's entrance into the war in June 1940, ""Ramillies"" served in the Mediterranean. Along with ""Royal Sovereign"", she escorted a convoy from Alexandria, Egypt, to Malta between 27 and 30 June 1940. From 16 to 18 August she bombarded the port of Bardia and Fort Capuzzo in the Italian colony of Libya in North Africa. On the way back she was attacked by Italian aircraft, but was"
"main batteries. The outbreak of war found ""Ramillies"" as part of the British Home Fleet based at Scapa Flow. She participated in a sweep of the waters between Iceland, Norway and Scotland from 31 August to 7 September 1939 with a mission to intercept German merchant ships trying to return home before the start of the war. In late September 1939, ""Ramillies"" escorted a troop convoy to Alexandria, Egypt. In October she was stationed at Gibraltar. From 5 January 1939 to 27 November 1940, ""Ramillies"" was commanded by Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman. In late 1939 ""Ramillies"", with midshipman Prince Philip"
"Her particular task was to silence the batteries at the entrance to Toulon harbour. ""Ramillies"" was put in reserve on 31 January 1945 at Portsmouth and was used as an accommodation ship. John Egerton Broome was captain from 1945 to 1946. She was sold in 1946 and scrapped in 1949. One of ""Ramillies"" 15-inch (381 mm) guns has been preserved and can be seen at the Imperial War Museum in London. The ship's bell is preserved at HMCS ""Star"", a Naval Reserve Division at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HMS Ramillies (07) HMS ""Ramillies"" (pennant number: 07) was one of five s"
"Even the squadrons currently being scrambled together by Villeroi behind Ramillies could not withstand the onslaught. ""We had not got forty yards on our retreat,"" remembered Captain Peter Drake, an Irishmen serving with the French – ""when the words ""sauve qui peut"" went through the great part, if not the whole army, and put all to confusion"" In Ramillies the Allied infantry, now reinforced by the English troops brought down from the north, at last broke through. The Régiment de Picardie stood their ground but were caught between Colonel Borthwick's Scots-Dutch regiment and the English reinforcements. Borthwick was killed, as"
"to deter the attack. On 24 May 1941, ""Ramillies"", with Captain Arthur D. Read commanding, was south of Cape Farewell, Greenland, on duty escorting Convoy HX 127 eastbound from Halifax. Some 57 merchant ships were in the group bound for Liverpool, with the most common cargoes being, oil, aviation spirit, lubricants, gasoline, lumber, grain, steel, sugar, scrap iron and pig iron. Two ships carried general cargo, and there were single ships carrying molasses, trucks and cereals. Other escort vessels were designed to meet the submarine menace, and included a modern Canadian destroyer, , the Indian navy sloop, , an obsolete"
"Battle of Thimeon The Battle of Thimeon was a Frankish victory over the Vikings near Thimeon (near modern Charleroi) north of the Sambre in February 880. In 879, Vikings (probably Norsemen) from England settled on the river Scheldt. After celebrating Christmas at Frankfurt am Main that year and signing the Treaty of Ribemont with Louis III and Carloman II of West Francia, Louis the Younger marched an army northward on the Viking settlement. The battle was a rout for the Vikings, 5,000 of whom were killed, but the Frankish king also sustained a heavy loss: his only surviving son, the"
"""Ramillies"", in June 1756. Byng had been unable to relieve Menorca (historically called ""Minorca"" by the British) following the Battle of Minorca and he was sent back to Britain where he was tried and executed. Almost as soon as Menorca had fallen in June 1756, the French fleet had withdrawn to Toulon in case they were attacked by Hawke. Once he arrived off Menorca, Hawke found that the island had surrendered and there was little he could do to reverse this. He decided not to land the troops he had brought with him from Gibraltar. Hawke then spent three months"