Editing Battle of Blenheim (section)

===Deployment===
[[File:Copy after Jan van Huchtenburgh (Haarlem 1647-Amsterdam 1733) - The Battle of Blenheim (or Höchstädt), 1704. - RCIN 404899 - Royal Collection.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Battle of Blenheim'' by [[Huchtenburg]]]]

The Franco-Bavarian commanders deployed their forces. In the village of Lutzingen, [[Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei|Count Alessandro de Maffei]] positioned five Bavarian battalions with a great battery of 16 guns at the village's edge. In the woods to the left of Lutzingen, seven French battalions under [[César Armand, Marquis de Rozel]] moved into place. Between Lutzingen and Oberglauheim Maximilian placed 27 squadrons of cavalry and 14 Bavarian squadrons commanded by d'Arco with 13 more in support nearby under Baron [[Veit Heinrich Moritz Freiherr von Wolframsdorf]]. To their right stood Marsin's 40 French squadrons and 12 battalions. The village of Oberglauheim was packed with 14 battalions commanded by {{ill|Jean-Jules-Armand Colbert|lt=Jean-Jules-Armand Colbert, Marquis de Blainville|fr}}, including the effective Irish Brigade known as the "[[Flight of the Wild Geese|Wild Geese]]". Six batteries of guns were ranged alongside the village.{{sfn|Falkner|2004|p=61}} On the right of these French and Bavarian positions, between Oberglauheim and Blenheim, Tallard deployed 64 French and Walloon squadrons, 16 of which were from Marsin, supported by nine French battalions standing near the Höchstädt road. In the cornfield next to Blenheim stood three battalions from the Regiment de Roi. Nine battalions occupied the village itself, commanded by [[Philippe, Marquis de Clérambault]]. Four battalions stood to the rear and a further eleven were in reserve. These battalions were supported by Count [[Gabriel d'Hautefeuille]]'s twelve squadrons of dismounted dragoons.{{sfn|Falkner|2004|p=61}} By 11:00 Tallard, Maximilian, and Marsin were in place. Many of the Allied generals were hesitant to attack such a strong position. The [[George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney|Earl of Orkney]] later said that, "had I been asked to give my opinion, I had been against it."{{sfn|Falkner|2004|p=62}}

Prince Eugene was expected to be in position by 11:00, but due to the difficult terrain and enemy fire, progress was slow.{{sfn|Falkner|2004|p=63}} Cutts' column – which by 10:00 had expelled the enemy from two water mills on the Nebel – had already deployed by the river against Blenheim, enduring over the next three hours severe fire from a six-gun heavy battery posted near the village. The rest of Marlborough's army, waiting in their ranks on the forward slope, were also forced to bear the cannonade from the French artillery, suffering 2,000 casualties before the attack could even start.{{sfn|Churchill|2002|p=852}} Meanwhile, engineers repaired a stone bridge across the Nebel, and constructed five additional bridges or causeways across the marsh between Blenheim and Oberglauheim. Marlborough's anxiety was finally allayed when, just past noon, Colonel [[William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan|William Cadogan]] reported that Prince Eugene's [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] and Danish infantry were in place – the order for the general advance was given. At 13:00, Cutts was ordered to attack the village of Blenheim whilst Prince Eugene was requested to assault Lutzingen on the Allied right flank.{{sfn|Falkner|2004|p=66}}