 Complete the following phrase:  Promoted to major general on 9 March 1702, Hamilton fought under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough at the siege of Stevensweert in October 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Promoted to lieutet general on 1 January 1704, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle later that year. He led the final assault at the 