John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

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An English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs. His victories at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709), ensured his place in history as one of Europe's great generals.

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"In the ten campaigns he made against the French; during all which time it cannot be said that he ever slipped an opportunity of fighting, when there was any probability of coming at his enemy: and upon all occasions he concerted matters with so much judgement and forecast, that he never fought a battle which he did not gain, nor laid siege to a town which he did not take".

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Source: Wikipedia

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