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82:. At the end of each year's campaign season the Danish corps would receive the same recruitment money as the Dutch army, in order to replace its manpower losses. If a company or regiment would be destroyed, its commanding officer would receive recruitment money sufficiently enough to re-raise it. The agreement expired in ten years. If twelve thousand soldiers were not enough, the Danish king would put another four thousand soldiers at the disposal of the powers. In 1703 two additional regiments, one dragoon and one foot, were raised in the name of the minor
210:. The 1705 campaign was spoiled by severe disagreements among the Allied commanders, and no offensive operations took place. In the spring of 1706, duke Carl again refused to march until the Dutch Republic had fulfilled its obligations, and it was not until the end of May that the corps joined Marlborough's army. Especially its cavalry played a large role in the victory at the
146:'s army marched to southern Germany, but Duke Carl refused to march until the Danish corps was paid. When the matter was settled in Danish favour in the middle of March, the corps was placed in southern Brabant, remaining there until the end of July, when it was ordered to join the main army after a march of 700 km. The cavalry marched strait to
20:. Twelve thousand soldiers were in 1701 made available to the Allied powers in Flanders through a treaty with the Dutch Republic and England. The Danish corps fought under Marlborough at the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet suffering heavy losses. It returned to Denmark in 1713 and 1714.
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Swedish ally, and to leave the anti-Swedish alliance. The large Danish army prepared for a major war against Sweden, became a major burden on the Danish economy, when it couldn't, as anticipated, live off enemy land. Downsizing the army was not possible; the King wanting to retain the
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as levy money, as well as 300,000 rixdollars annually as long as the war lasted. Previous monetary claims on
Denmark were dropped by the powers. The Danish auxiliary corps would be paid and provisioned according to Dutch regulations, and the pay disbursed by Danish
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The Danish
Auxiliary Corps in Anglo-Dutch services contained 16 squadrons of horse, and nine battalions of foot. A squadron of horse had three companies; each battalion of foot seven companies. The Württemberg-Oels dragoons and foot were added in 1703.
238:, it suffered a total of 2,200 soldiers and 1,300 horses lost in 1706. New recruits filled, however, its ranks during the winter. In 1707 Marlborough's army was on the defensive, since half of his troops had been transferred to Spain and Germany.
299:, and the British government no longer had any use of the Danish regiments in its service. They were, however, immediately taken over by the Dutch Republic. In 1713, the "English" units of the corps returned to Denmark, and in 1714 the rest.
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made a significant contribution, capturing three French battalions. In all, the campaigns of 1708 led to 3,500 casualties in the Danish corps, but its ranks were soon filled by new recruits, many of which were
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Having been forced to sue for peace with Sweden in 1700, the Danish army was much larger than the kingdom could support. The King decided to put almost half of the army under Allied command during the
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1658. The King therefore decided to make more than half of the Danish army's 35,000 soldiers, two-thirds of which were enlisted in
Germany, available to the Allied powers during the
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after the citizens had open the town gates for
Marlborough's army, and in the drawn battle of Beverloo. In 1703 the Württemberg-Oels' regiments joined the corps. In 1704
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Flanders with a huge army, threatening to land in England, and Eugene of Savoy came to Marlborough's relief with large Imperial army. In the
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214:, attacking the French and Bavarian flank, losing 600 men and 800 horses. Later participating in the sieges and captures of
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from the French lines. In 1709 the Danish corps remained in its winter quarters until June, awaiting the one million
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57:. Political goodwill thus gained, could in addition be useful in future wars with Sweden and Holstein-Gottorp.
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before the end of the year. The war during the two following years consisted mainly of sieges. In 1712
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option of going to war with Sweden at some future date, in order to regain the provinces lost in the
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Pursuit of the French after the Battle of Ramillies.
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311:Danish dragoon (left) och trooper (right) 1706.
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162:was severely harried as punishment for its
798:Höglund, Lars Erik; Sallnäs, Åke (2003).
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820:(in Danish). Gyldendalske boghandel.
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110:in October 1701, and was landed in
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295:began between France and the
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44:Denmark-Norway had to return
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789:Gibler, Douglas M. (2009).
784:. Pen & Sword Military.
775:. Pen & Sword Military.
766:. Pen & Sword Military.
106:. Its infantry embarked in
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737:Höglund & Sallnäs 2003
691:, pp. 86–88, 101–106.
114:. The cavalry crossed the
104:Carl Rudolf of Württemberg
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262:the Danish cavalry under
84:dukes of Württemberg-Oels
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539:England, Dutch Republic
528:England, Dutch Republic
242:Oudenarde and Malplaquet
780:Falkner, James (2014).
771:Falkner, James (2008).
762:Falkner, James (2006).
419:5. Jyske Rytterregiment
408:4. Jyske Rytterregiment
397:3. Jyske Rytterregiment
386:2. Jyske Rytterregiment
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816:Vaupell, Otto (1872).
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453:Prins Carls Regiment
342:Livregiment til Hest
285:battle of Malplaquet
61:Terms and conditions
807:Tindal, N. (1763).
703:, pp. 325–330.
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515:Reinforcements 1703
260:battle of Oudenarde
212:battle of Ramillies
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51:treaty of Roskilde
42:peace of Travendal
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232:Dendermonde
154:'s army in
144:Marlborough
112:Nordholland
846:Categories
747:Literature
551:References
236:Oudenaarde
158:. Hostile
156:Heidelberg
148:Nördlingen
108:Glückstadt
80:paymasters
75:rixdollars
24:Background
811:. London.
689:Cust 1862
641:Cust 1862
617:Cust 1862
556:Citations
544:Sources:
273:deserters
269:defectors
182:Ramillies
168:Louis XIV
128:Friesland
826:See also
508:England
471:England
460:England
403:England
392:England
370:England
359:England
277:guilders
206:and the
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69:and the
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216:Antwerp
204:Moselle
172:Emperor
164:elector
160:Bavaria
132:Brabant
124:Münster
120:Hanover
32:forced
30:Zealand
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220:Ostend
335:Horse
224:Menen
208:Rhine
432:Foot
289:Mons
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