Arras and Cambray, with such strength that- he deemed them
impregnable, and called them the “ Non plus ultra” of Marlborough.
By-» succession of skilful movements and. manoeuvres
Marlborough utterly deceived Villars, and passed the lines
without the loss of a man. He then invested Bouchain in
the face of the superior army of the French, and on September
the garrison surrendered themselves prisoners of war.
Marlborough here “ exhibited a sublimity of military talent
which justly stamped this campaign as not the least scientific
and glorious of his whole career.”
238. C oncoed or B e it a in . 1711.
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet, lovelocks behind and
on the right shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front.
Leg. a n n a . d . a . m a g . b e . f e . e t . h i b . e e g i n a . Below,
p. h . m. (Philipp Heinrich Müller.) Same as Nos. 69, 207.
- Rev. A harp. Leg. Chronogrammatic. D V L C e M e L os
Y nI ta sonat. (In unison she produces sweet harmony, m dc l lv v i
= 1711.) Ex. c oncoedia b e it a n n o e vm . (The concord of
Britons.)
1-7.. Lochner, YI. 65.
MB. iR. Hague, JR. Gotha, Jit. Bare.
This medal professes to commemorate the Concord of Britain
and its happy effects. Never was-.eulogy so ill-timed. The
war in the Netherlands had not been attended with its usual
successes on account of the withdrawal of Eugene and his
army by the Emperor, and this occasioned a great desire
amongst many for a peace. At home, too, the dissensions
between the Government and the Opposition, the Tories and
the Whigs, increased daily, and “ pamphlets, libels,. and lampoons
were to-day'published by one faction and to-morrow
answered by the other. They contained all the insinuations of
malice and contempt, all the bitterness of reproach, and all the
rancour of recrimination.” The Episcopalians were neglected
and insulted together with the Presbyterians, and streams of
invective were poured forth against our Allies.
239. D e p a b t o b e o f t h e E m p e e o e , C h a e l e s VI., fb om
S p a in , &c . 1711.
Bust of Charles VI. Leg. cabolvs v i . eom . im p . s . a . g .
h i s p . h v n g . bo . e e x .' a . d . a . (Charles VI., Emperor of the
Romans, always august, King of Germany, Spain, Hungary,
and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria.)
Rev. The English and Dutch fleets, over which is the
inscription, c ìe sa e em v e h e n t ib v s . ( T o those who bear the Emperor.)
Leg. q v is m e tv a t dvm m il it a t a e t h e e e t c o niv ba t i
v e n iv n t ad class ica v e n t i . (Who would fear, when Heaven
fights for him and the allied winds array themselves under his
command ?—comp. Claud. De I I I . Cons. Honor. 97, 98.) Ex.
DIGBESSVM . BAECELLON . D . 27 SEPT . EGEES . 9 OCT . IN POETV
GEN . VEN . INGBES . FEANCOF . 19 . DEC . MDCCXI. (Departed
from Barcelona, 27 Sept.; disembarked in the harbour of Genoa
for Venice, 9 Oct.; entered Frankfort, 19 Dec. 1711.)
No specimen of this medal has been met with, nor is its size
known, thè description having been taken from Christian Wer-
muth’s Catalogue, 1713, No. 4, p. 35. It commemorates the
departure of Charles VI. from Spain to take possession of the
Imperial throne upon the death of his brother, Joseph I., and
his entry into Frankfort previous to his coronation in that city
cm the 22nd Dec. [N. S.] 1711. The confederate fleets, which
conveyed the new Emperor, were commanded by Vice-Admiral
Peterson and Sir John Jennings, Charles sailing on board the
latter’s vessel. The word v e n . in the exergue on the reverse
is very ambiguous, as the Emperor did not visit Venice on his
way to Frankfort, but only passed through the territories of
that State, It may, however, be an epithet of Genoa.
240. C h a e l e s VI., E m p e e o e , E l iz a b e t h C h e is t in a , and
t h e A l l ie d G e n e e a l s . 1711.
Two shields, one withc the bust of the Emperor Charles VI.,
caeol . vi . eom . e t . h v n g . e . ; the other with the bust of his
consort Elizabeth Christina, e l i s . c h b is . ca bo l i . con., supported
by two female figures with torches and decorated with festoons
c c 2