Brigadier-General Cadogan's Horse forcing the French Line mb-height 1679 showing John Bull in fool's

showing John Bull in fool's cap standing on top of Marble Arch with the new Buckingham Palace behind

It was substantially rebuilt to designs by Sir William Chambers in the late 18th century

Bottom: the Monument

by a Society of Gardeners (1730) the lower figure of plate 6 under the variant title 'Caprifolium Germanicum Dutch Honey-suckle

Brigadier-General Cadogan's Horse forcing the French Line mb-height 1679 showing John Bull in fool'sBrigadier General Cadogan's Horse forcing the French Line, Battle of Elixheim, 18th July 1705. Fought in Brabant in modern Belgium, Elixheim was a battle in the War of the Spanish Succession. Also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant, the engagement saw Marlborough's British and allied forces break through the line of French defensive fieldworks that stretched from Antwerp to Namur.