A numerous body of the enemy marching to Brabant, under the Elector of Bavaria, the THIRTY-FOURTH, and four other regiments, embarked from Ostend, under Brigadier-General Wynne, for Antwerp, where they were stationed when the citadel of Lisle surrendered, and the campaign was terminated by the re-capture of Ghent and Bruges. [Sidenote: 1709] The THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment, being composed of young soldiers, was employed on garrison duty during the year 1709. [Sidenote: 1710] In April, 1710, the regiment quitted its quarters, and traversed the country towards the frontiers of France, to serve the campaign of that year with the army under the celebrated Duke of Marlborough. The regiment was engaged in the operations by which the French lines were passed at _Pont-a-Vendin_, and it afterwards took part in the siege of the strong fortress of _Douay_, where it had repeated opportunities of distinguishing itself. This fortress was defended by a numerous garrison, under General Albergotti, an officer of reputation, who made a determined resistance; and the soldiers of the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment were fully employed on duty in the trenches, carrying on the approaches, repulsing the sallies of the garrison, and storming the outworks, which occasioned considerable loss. The French army advanced to raise the siege, but did not hazard a general engagement; and Douay surrendered on the 27th of June. The THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment had one subaltern, six serjeants, and seventy-five rank and file killed; two captains, three subalterns, five serjeants, and one hundred and twenty rank and file wounded, during the siege[7]. After the capture of this fortress, the regiment joined the main army, which was encamped at Villers-Brulin during the siege of _Bethune_, which fortress was reduced before the end of August. The regiment was subsequently employed in covering the sieges of _Aire_ and _St. Venant_, both of which fortresses were captured before the end of the campaign. [Sidenote: 1711] Quitting its winter quarters among the Walloon peasantry, in April, 1711, the regiment joined the army, and was reviewed, at the camp at Warde, on the 8th of June, by the Duke of Marlborough. It was formed in brigade with the Tenth, Twenty-first, and Wynne’s (afterwards disbanded) Regiment, under Brigadier-General Hamilton, and took part in the movements by which the enemy’s formidable lines were passed at _Arleux_, on which occasion the superiority of the English general’s tactics was particularly conspicuous. This splendid success was followed by the siege of the town of _Bouchain_, situated on both sides of the river Scheldt, and the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment had the honor to take an active share in the operations against this fortress, which was taken by capitulation in the middle of September. When the damaged works at Bouchain were repaired, the regiment went into winter quarters. [Sidenote: 1712]