I was unable before starting to formulate a plan of campaig… - Claude Louis Hector de Villars

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I was unable before starting to formulate a plan of campaign because I did not know whether I should find an army there ... In fact I found the troops in a deplorable condition, without clothes, without arms, and without bread.

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

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Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (8 May 1653 – 17 June 1734) was a general of Louis XIV of France, one of only six Marshals who have been promoted to Marshal General of France.

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Alternative Names: Louis-Hector Villars, Marquis de Villars • Duc de Villars

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