The Carabiniers at the Battle of Ramillies mb-code AX012662 Church of St Mary Aldermanbury

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The Carabiniers at the Battle of Ramillies mb-code AX012662 Church of St Mary AldermanburyThe Carabiniers at the Battle of Ramilies, 23rd May 1706. At the Battle of Ramillies, during the War of the Spanish Succession, a British Dutch German army under the Duke of Marlborough defeated a French army under the Duc de Villeroi at Ramillies Offus near Namur. The victory cleared the French from the Spanish Netherlands and led to the capture of Antwerp, Bruges, and Ghent.