Field Marshal Claude Frederic t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly was a Dutch States Army officer who served in the Franco-Dutch War, Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. A brave and capable
Portrait by Johann Valentin Tischbein, c. 1750
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
Parade of Dutch soldiers with captured French and Bavarian banners after the Battle of Ekeren, by Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht
Allied battle order at Malplaquet. Tilly is mentioned as one of the supreme commanders.
Battle of Malplaquet
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The Battle of Malplaquet took place on 11 September 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession, near Taisnières-sur-Hon in France, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A French army of around 75,0
Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly
…to assert himself as the leader of the Dutch generals. Together with Marlborough and Eugene, as head of the Dutch forces, Tilly defeated the French at Malplaquet. Tilly led the entire left wing, at least in name; for he had anti-orangist sympathies, while his officers were largely on the side of the Prince of…
Painting of the battle by Jan van Huchtenburgh
Disposition of forces; allied (upper right), French (lower left)
Dutch troops at Malplaquet led by the Prince of Orange, by Charles Rochussen.
Portraits of Eugene of Savoy, Marlborough and the Prince of Orange, by Pieter Tanjé