A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
CHAPTER IV
A British Army sent to the Peninsula 447
Siege of Gibraltar 448
The Fortress relieved by Admiral Leake 450
Increase of the Army; the Thirty-eighth Foot 450
Marlborough's design to carry the War into Lorraine 451
It is foiled by the supineness of the Allies 451
He returns to Flanders 451
The Lines of the Geete 451
The Campaign again ruined by the Dutch 456
Peterborough in Catalonia 459
Capture of Barcelona 460
Catalonia and Valencia gained 463