Malplaquet#

Malplaquet, forms part of the municipality of Taisnières-sur-Hon (near Maubeuge) situated in the north of France. On September 11, 1709 an army of the Grand Alliance (formed by Austrian, British, Hanoverian, Dutch and Prussian troops) which was led by Prince Eugène and the Duke of Marlborough won victory over French troops under Duke C. L. von Villars in the Battle of Malplaquet, which was fought during the Spanish Succession, War of the.