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Tallard, Comte de

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Marshal of France; served in the War of the Spanish Succession; was taken prisoner by Marlborough at Hochstädt, on which occasion he said to the duke, "Your Grace has beaten the finest troops in Europe," when the duke replied, "You will except, I hope, those who defeated them" (1652-1728).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Tallard, Comte de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/tallard-comte-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.