A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

CHAPTER IV

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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