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Battle of Blenheim - Broad Overview Map. Text from Wikipedia w:Battle of Blenheim:

Louis XIV of France sought to knock the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold, out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement. The dangers to Vienna were considerable: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Marshal Ferdinand de Marsin's forces in Bavaria threatened from the west, and Marshal Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme's large army in northern Italy posed a serious danger with a potential offensive through the Brenner Pass. Vienna was also under pressure from Rákóczi's Hungarian revolt from its eastern approaches. Realising the danger, the Duke of Marlborough resolved to alleviate the peril to Vienna by marching his forces south from Bedburg to help maintain Emperor Leopold within the Grand Alliance.
Thus by invading the Duchy of Bavaria, and threatening its capital city of Munich, Marlborough drew the Bavarian army back from its intended goal of Vienna to defend its home territory. The confrontation took place within the Duchy of Bavaria at Blenheim, 90 km NW of Munich, the capital of the Duchy.
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