Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Memoirs of the Duke de Villars, Marshal-General of the Armies of His Most Christian Majesty . Containing, his rise under the most famous French generals of the last age; the difficulties he met with from the Ministry; his intrigues at the Court of Bavaria; and his secret negotiations in Vienna, relating to the succession of the Spanish Monarchy. Intermix'd with a great number of military observations on the battles in which he fought. Extracted from original papers. Translated from the French.