 Complete the following phrase:  At the beginning of 1708 Eugene successfully evaded calls for him to take charge in Spain in the end Guido Starhemberg was sent, thus enabling him to take command of the Imperial army on the Moselle and once again unite with Marlborough in the Spanish Netherlands. Eugene without his army arrived at the Allied camp at Assche, west of Brussels, in early July, providing a welcome boost to morale after the early defection of Bruges and Ghent to the French.  ... our affairs improved through Gods support and Eugenes aid, wrote the Prussian General Natzmer, whose timely arrival raised the spirits of the army again and consoled us. Heartened by the Princes confidence the Allied commanders devised a bold plan to engage the French army under Vendôme and the Duke of Burgundy. On 10 July the Anglo-Dutch army made a forced march to surprise the French, reaching the river Scheldt just as the enemy was crossing to the north. The 