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| | THE MARSHAL DUKE OF BERWICK (1670- 1734 ) |
 | | He commanded upon the Rhine in 1733, where hostilities broke out between France and Austria. |
 | | On the 12th June 1734 at the battle of Philipsbourg, exposed to the cannon of both sides, a French or German battery swept off his head, in his 64th year. |
 | | His body was transported to Strasbourg, embalmed and laid in the Cathedral there, with full military honours. |
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