What We Learned From … Blenheim, 1704
This day I conquer or die.” Thus spoke English Capt. Gen. John Churchill (1650–1722), duke of Marlborough and distinguished ancestor of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He uttered those words on Aug. 13, 1704, as he rode to battle at Blenheim in the Holy Roman electorate of Bavaria (present-day southeast Germany).
The occasion
