Free Marlborough by Richard Holmes Page B

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    on Opdam’s flight to Breda, 245
    describes marches, 262
    action at Blenheim, 285, 287, 291
    on drowned soldiers on broken bridge over Danube, 295
    criticises Slangenburg, 323–4
    at Ramillies, 334, 336, 340–2, 345
    on ground at Oudenarde, 385
    on Marlborough’s reconnaissance of Villars’ position, 455
    in siege of Bouchain, 457
    on orders to Ormonde, 462
    on Examiner ’s accusing Marlborough of cowardice, 463
    praises Marlborough, 480–1
    Parliament:
    Convention, 44, 156
    and Charles II’s request for funds for Dutch War, 77
    Charles II dissolves, 91
    and Popish Plot, 91
    and religious differences, 110
    James II dissolves, 131–2
    refuses pension to Marlborough, 234
    supports funding of war, 330, 355–6
    first United Kingdom sitting (1707), 363
    Anne dissolves (1710), 444
    approves Treaty of Utrecht, 462
    see also Commons, House of; Lords, House of
    Pascal, Colonel, 402
    Paschall, Revd Andrew, 16, 127
    peace negotiations:
    Victor Amadeus-France (1696), 188
    Alliance-French (1709–10), 215–16, 409–11, 410–21, 416, 435, 441, 458–60
    French-Dutch (1705), 318–20
    see also Carlowitz, Peace of; Nijmegen, Peace of; Utrecht, Treaty of
    Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of, 325, 409
    Pendlebury, Colonel, 221
    Penn, William, 18, 198
    Pennefather, Colonel Matthew, 207
    Penruddock, Colonel John, 43
    Pepys, Samuel:
    in Tangier, 10, 59, 82
    view of Marlborough, 10
    on Nell Gwyn, 27
    on restoration of Charles II, 45
    on James II’s mistresses, 47
    and Charles II’s army, 49
    on court life, 55
    on Charles II’s relations with Queen, 62
    on behaviour of maids of honour, 84
    rebuilds British fleet, 90
    on loss of Gloucester , 97–9
    Perryman, Robert, 222
    Peter I (the Great), Tsar of Russia, 306
    Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of, 208–9, 280, 350–1, 368
    Petre, Father, 129
    Pfeiffer, Major General, 382
    Philip V, King of Spain ( earlier Philippe, duc d’Anjou):
    and War of Spanish Succession, 192–3, 357, 410, 420
    and peace negotiations (1709–10), 435, 458
    recognised as king of Spain, 458
    and succession to French throne, 462
    Philipsburg, 159–60
    Pick, Lieutenant, 69
    Plassendale (Passchendaele), 399
    Plattenburg, General, 382
    Plessen, Christian Siegfried von, 107
    Plymouth:
    and William’s invasion, 147
    poisons, affair of the (France, 1670s), 66–7
    Poltava, battle of (1709), 47
    Pope, Alexander, 473
    Popish Plot (1678), 17, 91–2
    Portland, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of:
    as William’s adviser, 158
    differences with Marlboroughs, 162–3
    earldom, 172
    retires, 191
    warns Marlborough against leaving army early, 321–2
    Portmore, Major General David Colyear, 1st Earl of, 24, 205
    Portsmouth, Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of, 63, 70, 91, 93, 108–9, 312
    Portugal:
    campaign in, 209, 248, 350, 410
    Dutch generals in, 264
    agreement with Spain in Treaty of Madrid, 459
    postal services:
    on Continent, 223
    Poulett, John, 2nd Baron, 41–3
    Prendergast, Sir Thomas, 207, 372–3, 416, 428
    Presbyterians:
    excluded from Parliament, 39
    Priest, Whadcock, 465
    Prince Edward’s Island, 459
    Prince (ship), 68
    prisoners of war:
    exchange of, 366–7
    Protestantism:
    Whig support for, 37
    Marlborough’a commitment to, 138–9
    refugees from Palatinate, 441
    see also Huguenots
    Prussia:
    troops in Grand Alliance, 201–2
    troops in Brabant, 326
    troops at battle of Oudenarde, 382, 387–8
    troops in 1711 campaign, 452–3
    claim on Prince of Orange’s territory, 453
    public accounts commission:
    investigates Marlborough, 460
    Puisan, marquis de, 204
    Puissiers, Catherine, marquise de ( née Villiers), 163
    Pulteney (supplicant), 446
    Purcell, Henry, 143
    Puységur, Lieutenant General Jacques François de Chastenet, marquis de, 384, 431–2
    Pym, John, 83
    Queensberry, James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of ( ealier Earl of Drumlanrig), 108
    Quesnoy, Le, 453, 462
    Raby, Thomas Wentworth, Baron see Strafford, 3rd Earl of
    Radcliffe, Dr John, 149
    Rain, 278, 280
    Rakóczi, Francis, 250–1
    Rambaut,