1708 Threatened invasion of Scotland, 896 =Battle of Oudenarde=, 898 Siege of Lille, 900 Capture of Port Mahon, 901 1709 Louis offers to negotiate, 902 He rejects the high demands of the allies, 903 =Battle of Malplaquet=, 903 1702 =Summary of political parties=, 905 =Marlborough seeks the support of all parties for the war=, 905 Tory Parliament, 906 1703 Dismissal of Rochester, 906 Occasional Conformity Bill rejected, 906 The Methuen Treaty, 907 1704 Disputes on the Aylesbury election, 908 Dismissal of Nottingham, Jersey, and Seymour, 908 1705 =Gradual introduction of Whig ministers=, 910 1707 Weakness of the composite ministry, 911 Harley's intrigues against Marlborough, 911 1708 Harley and his colleagues resign, 912 =A Whig ministry=, 913 1709 Insecurity of Marlborough's position, 913 1710 =Fall of the Whigs=, 914 Dr. Sacheverell's sermons, 914 Dismissal of Sunderland and Godolphin, 914 =Harley's Tory ministry=, 915 Conference at Gertruydenberg, 915 The war in Spain, 915 Harley's policy, 916 1711 Peace negotiations, 917 Attack on Marlborough in Parliament, 919 1712 Ormond given command of the army, 920 1713 =Peace of Utrecht=, 921 Conduct of Harley and Bolingbroke on the succession question, 922 1714 New Tory Parliament, 922 Jacobite intrigues, 923 The Queen's death, 924 1702 Lengthened negotiations for the Union of England and Scotland, 924 1707 =The Union completed=, 928 GEORGE I. 1714-1727.