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Private John Marshall:
    as source, 8
    on weather on march to Danube, 265
    on action at Donauwörth, 275–6
    at battle of Blenheim, 292
    at Lines of Brabant, 315
    on French artillery pieces, 316
    and crossing of Dyle, 320
    and demolition of Lines of Brabant, 323
    at battle of Ramillies, 334, 345
    and advance in Brabant, 349
    on battle of Oudenarde, 383, 390
    at Ghent, 405
    on siege of Tournai, 419
    in battle of Malplaquet, 428–9
    on 1711 campaign, 456
    qualities, 477
    Dedem, Lieutenant General Coenraad Willem van, 323
    Delamere, Henry Booth, 2nd Baron, 18
    Dendemonde, 349, 373, 375
    Dender, river, 362, 373, 378, 395
    Denmark:
    troops in Irish campaign, 169–70
    troops in Grand Alliance, 202, 409
    casualties at Blenheim, 297
    cavalry at Ramillies, 341, 346–7
    cavalry at Oudenarde, 387
    Derby, James Stanley, 19th Earl of, 26
    Dettingen, battle of (1743), 284
    Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Duke ( earlier 4th Earl) of, 137, 163, 180
    Devonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of, 464
    Diepenbeek, river, 384, 387
    Diest, 75
    Dijkvelde, Everaarde van Weede, Baron van, 141
    Disarming Acts (Scotland), 471
    Dissenters:
    and Occasional Conformity, 239
    Dixmude, 75
    Donauwörth, 250, 269–76
    Dongan, Colonel Thomas, 52
    Donia, Private John, 402
    Dopff, General Daniel Wolf, Baron van, 317, 335, 374, 391, 464
    Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of, 140, 143, 154, 156
    Douai, 393, 399, 455
    siege and capture (1710), 214, 443, 450–1
    Douglas, Lord George see Dumbarton, Earl of
    Dover, Treaty of (1670), 51, 65, 67, 77
    dragoons:
    function and role, 101–2
    quartered on French Huguenots, 130
    Drake, Eleanor, Lady, 41–2, 44
    Drake, Sir John, 41
    Drake, John (Eleanor’s son), 42
    Drake, ‘Captain’ Peter:
    as source, 9
    duels, 19–20
    serves in Low Countries, 204–5, 231
    on halberd sergeants, 307
    at Ramillies, 334, 346
    wounded and surrenders at Malplaquet, 432
    Drummer, Edward, 122
    Dryden, John, 18
    All for Love , 473
    Du Muy (Du Mé), Lucas, 401
    duels, 19–21
    Duke of Marlborough’s New Exercise of Firelocks and Bayonets, The (1708), 284
    Dumbarton, Lord George Douglas, Earl of, 52, 80, 120–1, 124, 128
    Dundas, Sandy, 21
    Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount, 172
    Dunkirk:
    British troops in, 48, 50, 469
    sold to France, 48
    attack planned, 175
    privateers, 393
    Britain demands demolition of defences, 410
    Duras, Louis de see Feversham, 1st Earl of
    Dutch Guards, 160, 168, 189, 191, 426, 429
    Dutch, the:
    Marlborough’s attitude to, 4, 196, 255, 321–2
    officers favoured by William, 27, 172, 182
    British troops support French against, 52, 65
    raid Medway (1667), 61
    Louis XIV threatens, 65–6
    in War of League of Augsburg, 182
    differ from Marlborough in strategy, 255–6
    casualties at Blenheim, 297
    acknowledge Marlborough’s princely title, 303
    and magazine at Trier, 309
    oppose Marlborough’s advance over Dyle river, 317, 320–1
    differences among generals, 318
    withhold troops from Italy, 331
    at battle of Ramillies, 341, 343, 345, 347
    cooperate in attack on French coast, 350
    share government of Spanish Netherlands with Britain, 361, 368, 371
    at battle of Oudenarde, 387
    troops at Malplaquet, 426, 429–30, 432
    sign first Barrier Treaty (1709), 435
    territorial claims in Netherlands, 435
    ill-served by Treaty of Utrecht, 459
    send troops in support against 1715 Jacobite rebellion, 470
    see also United Provinces
    Dutch Republic see United Provinces
    Dutch War, Third (1672–4), 52, 61, 77–8
    Duumvirs (Marlborough and Godolphin), 353, 363–4, 407, 412, 442
    Dyle, river, 240, 242, 316–17, 320–1, 333
    Earle, Peter, 112
    Earle, Major General Thomas, 394, 396, 398–9
    Eckeren, battle of (1703), 244–6
    Edinburgh Parliament:
    Marlborough sits in, 99
    Eename, 382–3
    Eifel, 249
    Elgin, 3rd Earl of see Ailesbury, 2nd Earl of
    Elixheim, 315
    Elizabeth I, Queen, 302
    Ellis, John, 259, 296, 310
    Elnberger, Major General, 75
    Elst’s Dutch battalion, 367
    England:
    Union with Scotland (1707),