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Battle of Blenheim[edit]

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/13 August 2021 by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:01, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Part of a tapestry showing the battle
Part of a tapestry showing the battle

The Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession on 13 August, 1704. The French and their allies the Bavarians were seeking to knock Austria out of the war by seizing its capital, Vienna. A coalition army, led by the Duke of Marlborough, marched south from the Dutch Republic to the Danube. There he defeated the Bavarians at the Battle of Donauwörth and joined an Austrian army under Prince Eugene. A French army under Marshall Tallard bolstered the Elector of Bavaria's forces. The opposing armies met on the banks of the Danube near the village of Blindheim. Marlborough unexpectedly attacked the slightly larger Franco-Bavarian army and after a hard day's fighting inflicted a crushing defeat. France suffered over 30,000 casualties, Tallard was taken prisoner and Bavaria was knocked out of the war. Before the campaign ended, the Allies had taken several important towns and were preparing to invade France in 1705. (Full article...)

  • Most recent similar article(s): Most months feature at least one military conflict as a TFA, but the most recent closely similar one I can find is Silesian Wars from 15 February this year.
  • Main editors: Originally nominated by Andrew Gray. Worked on at FAR by, among others, Dumelow, Peacemaker67 and Hog Farm.
  • Promoted: 12 August 2006
  • Reasons for nomination: This was a TFA in 2008. It was up for FAR last year, but was thoroughly overhauled and retained its star. I thought that it would be appropriate to celebrate this by featuring it on the main page for the 316th anniversary of the battle.
  • Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:13, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom, it's always good to see FAR saves make TFA again. Hog Farm Talk 17:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm hoping that's a typo! ;-) Gog the Mild (talk) 17:42, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Frickin' autocorrect. Hog Farm Talk 17:58, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support of course. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:35, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • support - I can't take any credit for this article as my nomination was pretty pro-forma, but it's nice to see a salvaged FA from fifteen years ago brought up to shape and back on the main page! Well done all who worked on it. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:59, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. 18th century history amirite? –♠Vami_IV†♠ 04:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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