The 1704 campaign lasts considerably longer than…

The 1704 campaign lasts considerably longer than usual as the Allies seek to wring out maximum advantage.

Realizing that France is too powerful to be forced to make peace by a single victory, however, Eugene, Marlborough and Baden meet to plan their next moves.

For the following year, the Duke proposes a campaign along the valley of the River Moselle to carry the war deep into France.

This requires the capture of the major fortress of Landau that guards the Rhine, and the towns of Trier and Trarbach on the Moselle itself.

Trier is taken on October 26.