I am going to drive your enemies so far that they shall not… - Claude Louis Hector de Villars

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I am going to drive your enemies so far that they shall not again see the banks of the Scheldt; and by a battle on my arrival, to regain all that has been taken from your majesty.

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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