...disguised. When he visited the Swedish camp at Alt Ranstadt, he said, perhaps without a visible sneer, "I wish I could serve some campaign under so great...learn what I yet want to know in the art of war." Marlborough was an almost unerring judge of men, and he knew that his victim would swallow the flattery....

...universe. I am in this particular more happy than the Queen, and I wish I could serve some campaigns under so great a general as your Majesty, that I might learn what I yet want to know 1 Murray, vol. iii., p. 343: Marlborough to Robinson April 19, 1707. in the art of war."1 It has been...

...added: "I am in this particular more happy than the Queen, and I wish I could serve some campaigns under so great a general as your Majesty, that I might...learn what I yet want to know in the art of war." Charles was vainglorious, and the flattery told. Conversation, frank and unrestrained, continued until...

...crossed the sea to meet a Prince admired by the whole universe. I am, in this respect, more fortunate than the Queen, and I wish I could serve some campaign...general as Your Majesty, that I might learn what I yet do not know in the art of war." Some doubt seems to have been felt as to whether such words were actually...

...particular more happy than the Queen, and I wish I could serve in some campaign under so great a commander that I might learn what I yet want to know in the art of war."1 Charles XII appeared to accept the compliment, and it was frequently repeated by his devoted...