And newborn baby died;
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory.

9. "They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun:
But things like that, you know, must be
After a famous victory.

10. "Great praise the Duke of Marlboro' won,
And our young prince, Eugene."
"Why, 't was a very wicked thing!"
Said little Wilhelmine.
"Nay, nay, my little girl!" quoth he,
"It was a famous victory.

11. "And everybody praised the Duke
Who this great fight did win."
"But what good came of it at last?"
Quoth little Peterkin.
"Why, that I can not tell," said he,
"But 't was a glorious victory."

NOTES.--The Battle of Blenheim, in the "War of the Spanish Succession,"
was fought August 13, 1704, near Blenheim, in Bavaria, between the French
and Bavarians, on one Ride, and an allied army under the great English
general, the Duke of Marlborough, and Eugene, Prince of Savoy, on the
other. The latter won a decisive victory: 10,000 of the defeated army were