They were left to rot in the field ⚔ Battle of Aughrim, 1691 ⚔ Dark day in Irish history

[@HistoryMarche]

🚩 Have I got a big battle for you today! Battle of Aughrim (1691), perhaps the bloodiest encounter ever fought in the British Isles. It was the deciding battle in the conflict between Williamite and Jacobite forces, one year after the famous Battle of the Boyne, which I also covered here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIncao2Qmsegapo 🚩 Support HistoryMarche on Patreon and get ad-free early access to our videos for as little as $1: www.patreon.com/historymarche

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[@ayethein7681]

I'm English, but I was near rooting for the Jacobites, following this. We think after the Boyne, it was over, but there was a proper campaign after that.

[@antorseax9492]

Please look up how to say things. 'Tire connel'

[@emperorstrider9541]

Missed opportunity to title the video "Aughrim day in Ireland".

[@HistoryMarche]

Is that a thing? I can edit the title

[@Skr121]

@@HistoryMarchea grim day. Aughrim day.

[@jammyjamjars6995]

@@HistoryMarcheTbh, Irish people would appreciate it, but I think it would just confuse everyone else 😂

[@HistoryMarche]

@@jammyjamjars6995 Yeah. I'll see how the current thumbnail and title are received, and will test "Aughrim day in Ireland" after a few days.

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​@@HistoryMarcheI have to say it's a nice word play xd

[@indridcold1689]

As an irishman i would like to thank you for covering my countrys history and filling a gap, as Ireland is poorly covered by yt history channels. Keep up the great work.

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This has become my favorite history doc channel partially because they fill the gaps. I had a chance to travel and decided to make a trip to Istanbul, through Bulgaria, Serbia, then to Budapest, largely inspired by the Historymarche videos on Eastern European conflicts. I enjoy that while my family all want to travel to Paris, Rome, and London, I can mention things I learned from this channel and see the look of shock from locals that a random American tourist knows about wars that are significant to their national identity.

[@mullerreus145]

With good reason, it's just hundreds of years of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory over the most stupid shit ever.

[@olliefoxx7165]

That's what they called me back in the day..."Ol Gap Filler". Plugging gaps as best I could with varying degrees of success.

[@zemurph]

​@@mullerreus145fucking horrible isn't it. The amount of lucky breaks Britain got in so many wars against us is just gut wrenching. William a whisker away from getting obliterated by a cannonball, Hugh O'Neill having the English on the ropes but dying of disease. The most painful thing to listen to in all histories of the conquest of Ireland though is the level of disagreement and infighting from ancient Ireland right up to the flight of the Earls. When the enemy was at the gate, even when they were about to be wiped out, they still couldn't put aside petty differences and fight as a confederacy, or even worse were all too willing to sell the other out

[@ian_b]

As an Englishman I too would like to see more about your history.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Wow, a cannon shot hitting the command directly in the head is pretty insane from such a range.

[@ancorgarciaalvarez]

A cannon shot hitting is pretty insane, period. XD

[@peterstubbs5934]

Pretty lucky to hit anything aimed at except a gaggle of men.

[@saberpendragon271]

The cannon rolled a NAT 20

[@aronmarkovits5396]

Probably luck

[@britishpatriot7386]

Will that include that for hundreds of years before the tables turned against Ireland that the Irish were invading England and slaughtered whole towns and cities and took hundreds of thousands of slaves and worse just like the Vikings. Isn't it amazing why you Irish love to miss out they were the first to draw blood but now we stopped it they are suddenly victims? stop picking out history for victim points it's pathetic 😂

[@kevinbergin5936]

As someone who grew up near to this place (Ballinasloe, Co. Galway), I want to thank you so much for putting together this video which explains so well how the decisive battle between the Williamites and the jacobites came about, and how the Battle of Aughrim itself developed and ended so catastrophically for the Jacobites from a seemingly winning position. 7,000 lives lost makes it one of the bloodiest, if not the bloodiest battles on these Islands, Driving past the village of Aughrim today, there is no visual indication on the landscape that such a monumental event in Irish history happened here. There is an excellent interpretive Center in Aughrim village, and the main flash points of the battle are explained locally with signage, but from what I can find, this is the first visual animated display of how the battle itself panned out, a battle that consigned Ireland to its fate for the next 230 years. It is worth a hundred pages of reading. Well done, it took a while, but from the amount of viewing it has got inside a week (133k), it was well worth waiting for.

[@eoinbergin28]

Thank you for your input

[@acdragonrider]

I’m reading a book about Irish history and this battle is mentioned in brief. Like you I’m so glad to find a video talking about in more detail! Would love to visit someday. If you know any other books, I’d love to hear your recommendations! 🇮🇪

[@wedgeantillies66]

Basically Irish War of 1690-91, could be seen to have been decided by the shot of a cannon ball in respect to both Boyne and Aughrim. As at the Boyne, William III twice escaped death narrowly at the hands of a cannonball, before leading his troops to victory. While at Aughrim, it was the loss of their commander to a lucky cannon shot, that spelt the doom of the Jacobite army.

[@colmmcg100]

We need to see a 9 years war series !!

[@HistoryMarche]

Augrhim was requested a lot by viewers in the comments. So if it performs well, I might do more Jacobite vs Williamite and the Nine Years' War battles.

[@colmmcg100]

@HistoryMarche BRILLIANT! thanks a lot for covering irish history as a long-time fan of yt history channels it always gets me giddy when I see you covering my countries history!❤️

[@corylarsen5788]

Seconded!

[@robert-surcouf]

There's too few victories and too manies english defeats to talk about it.

[@SerialChiller1000]

Indeed. Ireland's greatest victories over England and Scotland should be covered. Those being the battles of Yellow Ford and Benburb.

[@rangerista3933]

Great to see this crucial battle covered in such detail.

[@KHK001]

Amazing work as always HM!

[@HistoryMarche]

Glad you like it! Thanks for commenting KHK!

[@iben3271]

attention seeker, u couldve seen 5 mins max lmao

[@dendradwar9464]

Luttrell the Irish cavalry commanders who refused to attack the Williamites as they broke through on the causeway were forever after suspected of treachery. Luttrell at the 2nd siege of Limerick was caught writing letters to the Williamites and narrowly avoided hanging. He was murdered in Dublin 15 years later, no-one was ever convicted but the legend has it was done at the hands of Jacobite veteran.

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[@dannybananas132]

As a Irish man i appreciate your videos and the time you took to edit it for us all to comprehend . good job lad,

[@JeffBruton1]

Thank you. As an American with Irish roots, this was very informative and helpful in understanding the flow of power in western Ireland. Thank you

[@nikolasdemoulin8093]

A helluva shot. Took his head off with a fuvkin canon across an entire battlefield. Dude died like an absolute warrior, though. Admirable. War is hell. The least the leadership can do is join in. If only modern politicians were forced to fight in the wars they start. There’d probably be less of them.

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Always make time for my HistoryMarche videos!

[@michaelsinger4638]

I’m half convinced that “Luck of the Irish” was just someone’s really dark/morbid joke.

[@christianmccann9400]

Same here sadly ..

[@Wolfen443]

Yeah, I agree they fail when they really need to win at something important like these battles deciding their independence.

[@kingofcards9]

I believe the term was mockingly applied to us Irish during the famine. Though you might want to fact check me.

[@gerardodwyer5908]

​@webtoedman It was essentially a war between factions of Europe's royal houses fought using Danish, Prussuan, Austrian, Flemish, and even mercenaries from Balkans. Not an Irish war. A war partly fought in Ireland yes.

[@aaronschaefer4167]

Same here I always assumed that it was a mocking term for bad luck . @@kingofcards9

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Thanks!

[@HistoryMarche]

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[@timhare9867]

I’d heard about the battle of the Boyne. Even read a book about it. But I’d never heard of this battle.

[@theawesomeman9821]

me either

[@Maixo]

Very good account of a major event in Irish history 👍

[@BounceBackBelfast]

Being from Northern Ireland I'm glad you've started covering irish history ❤

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Northern Ireland?!!! UK is occupying your land .. there is one Ireland

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[@bmcc8093]

Thank you for covering our history 👍

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[@TheNorman1169]

Great work guys. Would love more Irish content.

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Great video :) Really been enjoying your guys' Byzantine Empire videos, would love to see more of those!

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[@dag6]

Epic level narration. What a great voice for this.

[@TheStrategos392]

I remember once reading in Clausewitz “On War” that at the crucial moment of battle, all forces must concentrate to defeat the enemy. Why in god’s good name would St. Ruth not engage his cavalry sitting immobile on his left, when the English center had been broken? Makes no sense. He had the English on the ropes, and refused to deliver the final knock out blow.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Probably because he feared that his flanks were under more pressure than was real.

[@paulkirk7120]

St Ruth couldn't launch his mounted Irish gainst the Williamite centre because their horses would have handled crossing the bog even worse that the Williamite Foot had. There was also the problem that 2/3 of the Mounted Irish were Dragoons rather than Heavy Cavalry and no match in a straight fight. The Williamite Heavy Cavalry outnumbered their Irish opponents by almost two to one.

[@chigeryelam4061]

Probably St Ruth hadn't read 'On War' since Clausewitz wasn't born until 1780, but I might be wrong. ;p

[@TrompetterJanKlaassen]

It wasn't an English army. It was a Dutch led Allied army

[@lollius88]

​​@@TrompetterJanKlaassen most of its troops were english, appart from a few huegenout and danish mercs. Only the overall commander was dutch, as the dutch blue guards had been recalled before the campaign. Dont try to claim our history swamp german

[@nickhaynie5980]

Wow, I realize now how popular it was for the various Monarchs to hire professional soldiers to lead and fight their wars

[@3rdsmite766]

But did you also realize that William and Ginkel were Dutch?

[@Loromir17]

@@3rdsmite766 WILHELMUS VAN NASSOUWE BEN ICK VAN DUYTSCHEN BLOEDT

[@paulkirk7120]

The idea of National State Armies was still very much in its infancy.

[@nobleidowu4919]

Thank you so much

[@brucestewart2487]

Thank you for the content. Wars and battles will never end. They knew how to get down in the past.

[@wilfredjurassicyes]

These vids are so freaking edit: "cool" dude. I absoloutly love this channel.

[@paulgunderman2702]

sacrifice request duly noted! engaging .......... now! Well Done BTW. Learned something new!

[@bee-l-zee-bub4298]

I lived in a town near Aughrim, and my sister worked near the town at a hotel. Never knew the history of it before this video.

[@trajanz9557]

Every time I watch your videos after a few months of not watching I get the urge to play grand strategy. It's the weekend and now it's gone. Thanks.

[@robpeters5186]

It was a great battle. Thanks for the info

[@stephengose6733]

Wow! thank you for your narrative!

[@paulfleming5707]

Heard a story about this battle from my primary school teacher over 45years ago which I've not been able to verify. It recounted how a Irish cannon had a damaged wheel and only 6 cannon balls left. Six men volunteered to hold up the cannon by the wheel axle to level it to fire knowing the recoil would kill them. Following the carnage on the volunteers of the recoil of the cannon shot killing them all. Another 6 men stepped up to level the cannon for another shot. After each shot killing the volunteers leveling the cannon, six more men stepped forward until all 6 shots were made. This story always stuck with me and I've searched for verifying accounts to no avail. May just be a patriotic myth from a defining battle.

[@dansmith4077]

For the algorithm love your videos

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks so much man

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Great Vid... love this channel. Big thumbs up!

[@paulkirk7120]

Excellent stuff. Really enjoyed this one.

[@awmirj2414]

Man this voice is so great for describing historical stuff

[@raymondjelich185]

Thank you for your presentation on the Battle of the Aughrim. I was familiar with the Battle of the Boyne but not that of Aughrim.

[@EJobuu]

Excellent video as always.

[@kamilkadzik6661]

Great video 👌

[@coyote4237]

Thank you.

[@tullyDT]

Just a couple of points 1. Patrick Sarsfield managed to rally what was left of the Jacobites into an orderly retreat to Limerick which saved them from complete annihilation. 2. The main reason the besieged defenders of Limerick held out long enough to get such generous terms is that Sarsfield managed to sneak out of the city with a small raiding party that managed to intercept and destroy the Williamite artillery train en route to Limerick. 3. During the siege of Limerick Henry Luttrell was caught spying for the Williamites leading many to believe that he betrayed the Jacobites at Aughrim. He was spared execution as the Williamites threatened to massacre the population of the Limerick countryside if anyone in Limerick sympathised with the Williamite cause was harmed. Henry was assassinated 26 years later. The reason for the assassination is contested; Henry was known to be unscrupulous and made many political enemies in his lifetime becoming a much-hated figure in irish life so much so that 80 years later his remains were dug up and smashed.

[@davidangelo8902]

Thank you for the interesting story!!

[@detroitdave9512]

Fantastic stuff!

[@christopherthrawn1333]

As always keep up the great work.

[@HolyGhost666]

Well done, love your hre content

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks for this man! The dedinitive death of the jacobite cause! The great victory for William III! You're awesome! Please do the conquest of granada!😊😊😊😊

[@HistoryMarche]

Indeed. I'll see how this one performs. Aughrim was requested a lot in the comments, so that's why I did the video. If it performs well, maybe I'll add more Williamite vs Jacobite topics + Nine Years' War battles.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@HistoryMarche Awesome! James ii really earninf his irish nickname too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bastogne315]

OchhRim..please. as in the Scottish Och...Och eye! Beautiful production. Thank-you ❤❤

[@LordFreedom1945]

Love it ! Want more video like this... old school war

[@bigsarge2085]

Incredible.

[@neilsimpson3181]

Very informative and well presented. Thank you.

[@theMull90]

Graat video as always. One small thing on prononciation. It is peonounced "Och-rim". Good to see some irish history shown here though

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks for watching. Yes, I already got flak for Aughrim pronunciation lol. Shit happens.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

@@HistoryMarche If you are from the Low Countries Scandinavia or Germany just use your natural pronunciation. 👍

[@Martin-tn5lm]

It's probably a name that derives from the Gaelic "Each Dhroim" (describing the landscape) meaning "Horse Back" Ridge.

[@boilingpoint760]

How lucky do you have to be to pick off a specific individual (half a kilometer away, hidden among a dust cloud, through heavy smoke) with a 17th century cannon and score a headshot?

[@davidpoole5595]

Like they say in hockey Good things happen when you shoot the puck towards the net

[@timclinton9427]

Back in my day a headshot was a headshot 🚭⚔️💣😲💥🤯👻

[@donaldmaxie5264]

Nothing beats dumb luck.

[@SuperChuckRaney]

there is a French Cuirassier breast plate from Waterloo that took a cannon ball. It's curious that the weight of it didn't just SMASH the whole man, but it made a hole, size of a fist. Very inpressive. The plate also has several "little dinkers" that look like spent musket balls. Has to be a lucky shot, just "aiming in the general direction". It does show how WELL they can aim.

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

​@@SuperChuckRaneyEven if you aim well, the cannon ball has a pretty unpredictable trajectory, as with musket balls, so it is still dependent on luck, and this shot that St. Ruth took was nothing but ridiculous luck.

[@robbabcock_]

What a terrific video!

[@RecoveringAhole]

More Irish history ! 🍀

[@bastogne315]

And gay history.

[@brainflash1]

Because that's what ALWAYS happens when a Frenchman leads a cavalry charge.

[@thibaultsardet7399]

A bit like the Brits in Crimea.

[@colonelturmeric558]

British cavalry in crimea were loose cannon units, absolute mad lads but tactically lacking

[@brainflash1]

@@colonelturmeric558 No, their orders were terrible.

[@stephenpickering8063]

Fascinating story. Also a period of conflict I was unaware of as like most people I thought the Jacobite cause pretty much collapsed after the Boyne and James fleeing Ireland. Also quite a tough battle that either side could have won. I would have to disagree with it being the most costly battle on British soil as the Battle of Towton in the War of the Roses is I think larger in terms of the forces involved and the total casualties, although the uncertainty about the losses in Aughrim is a factor here. The killing of a fleeing foe is traditional in battle going back to ancient times as the best way of securing victory and breaking an enemy, Not sure what the situation is to leaving the bodies of the defeated to rot - although think the Normans behaved similarly after Hastings? It could have been contempt for what were viewed as rebels/traitors/heretics or a lack of resources to do so given that the war was still ongoing at that point and not clear how much more fighting would be needed before a victory was achieved. Checking the wiki entry it says of this. John Dunton in his work, Teague Land, an account of his travels in Ireland written seven years after the battle, wrote that: "After the battle the English did not tarry to bury any of the dead but their own, and left those of the enemy exposed to the fowls of the air, for the country was then so uninhabited that there were not hands to inter them. Many dogs resorted to this aceldama [Potter's field] where for want of other food they fed on man's [sic] flesh, and thereby became so dangerous and fierce that a single person could not pass that way without manifest hazard". He ends the description with the story of a faithful greyhound belonging to a Jacobite killed in the battle who remained by his master's body defending it until shot by a passing soldier in January of the following year.[citation needed] On the other hand the wiki entry does differ in some other points with the video for instance that Saint-Ruhe didn't have an opportunity to reinforce Athlone before it fell. Anyway thanks again for an interesting report on a battle and campaign I was previously unaware of.

[@YOUPIMatin123]

This battle was still winnable. Great wargame scebario opportunity.

[@Guangrui]

Yet another piece of bloody history

[@4sakenreaper42]

Great video about a topic I had no knowledge of

[@brianivey73]

Fantastic sir!

[@TheGildedHistorian_1860]

Pretty interesting. From one fellow historian to another, I can only hope you do the 1689, 1715, 1719 and 1745 Jacobite Rebellions (all of them), in classic detail. And yes, somehow, I can form a better Scottish accent than Mel Gibson. And I'm American. :)

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Ah, but which Scottish accent?

[@TheGildedHistorian_1860]

@@neiloflongbeck5705 Scrooge McDuck's.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@TheGildedHistorian_1860 original or David Tennant?

[@adammielniczek7584]

of course you are... U Americans can form anything and everything better- yet 99.9% of yee,cant say how many continents there are.

[@adammielniczek7584]

@@neiloflongbeck5705 He`s from America and can do everything better

[@Leptospirosi]

Here is a clear cut example of purpose: the Willamites had a strategy and an objective which they pursued to the end, despite the mounting losses. The Jacobites had none, just reacting to whatever the enemy was doing. Austerlitz, Hastings, Aughrim are examples where just reacting to the enemy, instead of fighting with a landmark goal in mind, dooms the ability of one side to surprise the enemy and take him off ballance.

[@Wolfeson28]

To an extent...though sitting on a strong defensive position and forcing your enemy to attack it is hardly a bad strategy, as long as you execute it properly. Examples of major battles where the defender did that successfully include Gettysburg and Waterloo (the British part).

[@SignalLost730]

@@Wolfeson28 Two battles in which a clear cut goal was in the minds of everyone fighting...

[@SuperChuckRaney]

@@Wolfeson28 the terrain won for the Union at Gettysburg plain and simple. Waterloo was won on the game clock and Nap & Friends had lag and othe connection issues, like Nap going afk for a nap. He actually complained of a tummy ache. Should have laid off the Red Bull and Hot Pockets.

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

The battle was lost because of the ridiculous good luck that those Williamite artillerymen had by taking St. Ruth's head off with that cannon ball. Simple as that. If St. Ruth had not died, the result of the battle would have been much different.

[@BrainrotLover1]

Where’s the conclusion to the Hannibal saga? Frankly the Punic wars series is my favorite. The greatest enemy of Rome deserves more coverage!

[@TheIronChancellor]

Cant wait for basil ii next episode

[@HistoryMarche]

Coming soon

[@TheIronChancellor]

@@HistoryMarche Great thanks for replying

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

Based Eastern Roman Chad.

[@FunnCubes]

16:46 that must have been one of the luckiest shots in the history of ranged combat.

[@blazecraft5429]

new hannibal video when? btw big fan of yours.keep up this good work!!!!

[@HistoryMarche]

Should be soon.

[@SolidAvenger1290]

​@HistoryMarche take your time and attending your dad. We know you are creating great content across the board and we rather have the next Hannibal video to be perfect than be rushed. Testing the waters with other parts of history, gauging the target audience, and upgrading the video graphics can also make a big difference in the end. Can't wait for the next chapter HM

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Could you do like...companion videos that have information about kit and equipment and uniforms of these armies? That'd be great. :-)

[@charlesjohnson6777]

Awesome 👌

[@noah-gs8tl]

thx for doing somthing about Ireland history ( i think it’s english and dutch is well not sure). thanks love your channel.

[@cryptoyt756]

Poggle! Another HistoryMarche upload

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

A dark day indeed, to add to all the others.

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

Doomed Ireland to protestant masonic control for more than two centuries, and still to this day part of it is under colonial occupation by descendants of not Irishmen, but protestant English and Scottish settlers. Indeed, a sad day. Greetings from Spain.

[@ethanpf449]

More 9 Years War content please

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hello historymarche. this channel has inspired me to make my own documentaries with my local mid-eastern language , if the creator of this channel makes a tutorial about how they make these awesome maps it would mean the world to me. thanks

[@Shtanto]

Aughrim is Och-rim Tyrconnell is TEERconnell Mullingaar Athlone is good 😊 Ballina-slow Good video 😊 You know the history better than I do 😊

[@markgatz6127]

With Irish ancestry in my family history it’s always been an interesting of mine about the history of island nation before the USA.

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love the headless graphic

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Excellent.

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I wish there was a game like this.

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When you thought your boss was incompetent and asked management to remove him/her only to get a more incompetent and now also arrogant new boss

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I would love to see war of the diadochi not many people talk about it very under rated

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Once again, a cannon scoring the fatal shot.

[@aminorchacha]

A great history question is to ask in which battle was one side led by two Dutchmen, a Frenchman, an Englishman and a Scotsman while the other was led by two Frenchman, two Englishmen and a Scotsman with an Irish mother. The answer is Aughrim. The international cast gives the clue to this being part of a much wider war.

[@mirola73]

'Terugtrekken' a nice detail as William was actually called 'Willem' and a Dutch.

[@JK-ex6rn]

good video and always good to see your eyes into the heart and mind of the various battles on the battlefield. I wanted to ask you how you find all this information about all those matches? is it in texts from bygone times and if so? How do you access them? Best regards from here and have a good day❤

[@Source98705]

Have u done the siege of Derry yet

[@chrislaw7103]

How hard would it of been to research the pronunciation of Irish place names & names.

Well, that's what happened when you let a Frenchman take the reins of the military strategy of your armies in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It cost Ireland and the Jacobites the end of their cause, while it cost the Spanish the definitive loss of all their European territories (which they successfully defended for almost two centuries) and Gibraltar; Although in the War of the Polish Succession, Sicily and Southern Italy were recovered (especially because the command was Spanish and not French), but no one talks about it on KZbin history channels. XD

[@doritofeesh]

Really depends on the Frenchman in question though. If I recall, Berwick and Vendome did rather well for Bourbon Spain in the War of the Spanish Succession; Habsburg Spain was more so let down in that conflict by the Allies.

@@doritofeesh Yes, you are right, although in the case of the War of Spanish Succession, the Frenchman who failed was the most important of all, who was the "Sun King" Louis XIV himself; The idea of wanting to take his ambitions to the point of charging a Spain that was in full institutional and military transition, as Philip V had, into a world war, was a fatal miscalculation. Despite what has been read by recent Spanish historians, that the state of Charles II's Spanish army was not as backward as international and especially French historiography have wanted to make it clear (mainly those written by delegates of Philip V when he arrived to the kingdom), because at the end of the day they came from a war like that of the Nine Years, where in order to fight, it was necessary to be in line with the other armies of the conflict (otherwise the Empire would not have survived); The truth is that adapting the French war model would take more time, especially in the naval area, which was where the Empire suffered the most and it is the lack of coordination that harmed Spain the most in the conflict. Returning to the topic, internationally everyone had accepted the will of Charles II that Philip of Bourbon be his successor and no one would have supported the Habsburg demands for the throne, however Louis XIV wanted more and recklessly provoked the allies by leaving see his intentions for the French and Spanish crowns to unite, something that convinced everyone to support the Austrians in their claims and when the war began without sufficient preparation, Spain ended up losing the Spanish Netherlands, Milan and Southern Italy, in addition to Menorca and Gibraltar, a fatal miscalculation for Louis XIV and his initial strategy in the war; If it were not for the fact that Philip V continued to resist successfully in the Iberian Peninsula, along with those two French generals that you mentioned (the only two good French generals of the entire war, along with Villars), the Bourbons would not currently exist in Spain, since Louis was even on the verge of throwing in the towel with the English demands to accept the defeat. The best thing would have been to leave the two crowns separate from the beginning, giving Philip V time to organize the Empire better for himself and thereby gain a stronger ally for his European claims before he died in 1715 (something that Philip V would have achieved by 1705 or 1707, if it had not been for the war, since it took 4 or 5 years to prepare the Spanish army for the War of the Quadruple Alliance).

[@doritofeesh]

@ Yeah, it's not often talked about, but while Louis XIV did centralize his authority in France, it was not all on his own merit and the era of turmoil he faced from the period of the Fronde until the conflict with Spain was over during the mid-17th century was a close call that would have been the end of his regime if not for the illustrious Marechal Turenne. Strategically, most of Louis XIV's wars have sort of ended in failure. His wars against the Dutch, for example, where they flooded their own country in 1672 and he was prevented from making headway; then, Conde was poorly-resourced and outnumbered in that theatre which led to the hard fought stalemate at Seneffe. Luxembourg was provided sizable armies to fight after those two great generals, but he only ever won tactical victories without achieving a decisive strategic outcome. Even the War of the Spanish Succession was folly on his end and the true winner of that conflict turned out to be the British (always butting in and exploiting conflicts to reap the most benefit for themselves from the 18th to 19th century). Hell, if not for Villars putting up such a strong performance, Marlborough and Eugene would have just steamrolled through to Paris and Louis would have been as defeated as Napoleon was in 1814. In fact, this might very well have happened had the British not withdrawn Marlborough from Allied command (but of course they did so, because such an Allied victory was not in their own favour). In fact, on a direct comparison, Louis XIV was even more ambitious than Napoleon was, but it could be said that he was luckier to have many great commanders bail him out of situations on account of his lackluster understanding of warfare. Case in point during the WSS alone, where Berwick/Vendome recovered the situation from the Allies in Bourbon Spain and Villars recovered the war in the Nederlands and on the Rhine after Marlborough's dismissal by outmanoeuvring Eugene twice in 1712 and 1713.

​@@doritofeeshI think no one could say or explain it better than you, you are absolutely right, King Louis XIV is held in high esteem in history for the hegemony he exercised in Europe after the Spanish defeat in the mid-seventeenth century, but the truth is that after Turenne, all his wars were missed opportunities and several disasters as you mention. Philip V's stubbornness made the war drag on and end in a way that benefited the Bourbon cause, and his generals decided the conflict in the Iberian Peninsula and Netherlands to the Sun King's advantage; although, as you say, the only winners were the British, who always had the diplomatic skill to convince several kingdoms or countries to go to war on their side without any benefits for their cause (because Austria would lose Naples and Sicily shortly after in the War of the Polish Succession, so that in the end they would have almost no gains from the War of the Spanish Succession, apart from Milan and Belgium, which were problematic territories), while the English managed in each war to consolidate their commercial and territorial empire at the expense of Netherlands, Spain and France.

[@eslermanu47]

Brilliant

[@sapperRE]

Brilliant history recap and videos

[@historycentral8543]

Feel really bad for St ruth,he was just a frenchman who wanted to win this battle

[@martiansoldier]

As an Englishman I too feel really bad for anyone who is just French 😔

[@khaldrago911]

Just another french defeat at the hands of the English!

[@badlywrittenbook]

​@@khaldrago911surely you mean French defeat at the hands of the Dutch

[@vasilykatuma5689]

@@martiansoldier The same the rest world for you, fascist "humorous" "friendly" English hyena...

[@thibaultsardet7399]

@@badlywrittenbook The English always fight until the last drop of blood of their allies.

[@spenceralbin344]

Well Done battle video. What was the range of artillerary (sic). Amazing that the cannon battery saw the commander and cannon balls hit him.

[@alananderson7839]

England must have been a lot bigger then before Scotland was invented. Remember the Chieftans playing the Lament after the battle of Aughrim