During this worldwide conflict, Christopher Codrington led a failed English attempt to seize the island of Guadeloupe.
During this worldwide conflict, Christopher Codrington led a failed English attempt to seize the island of Guadeloupe. A battle in this conflict saw Vauban dismissed in a failed siege of Turin. It was not World War I, but in this conflict, Allied forces captured Mons in the Battle of Malplaquet. At the Battle of Blenheim, Duke Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy gained renown by saving Vienna from French capture. The American phase of this conflict was named after the ruling English monarch, Queen Anne. For 10 points, name this conflict ended by the Treaty of Utrecht fought over the ascension of Philip V to the throne of an Iberian country.
During this worldwide conflict, Christopher Codrington led a failed English attempt to seize the island of Guadeloupe.
War of the Spanish Succession [do not accept "Queen Anne's War"] 