During the War of the Spanish Succession, the Duke of Marlborough in 1709 intended to capture Ypres, at the time a major French fortress, but changed his mind owing to the long time and effort it had taken him to capture Tournai and apprehension of disease spreading in his army in the poorly drained land around Ypres ( see Battle of Malplaquet ).
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Ginseng sells for the equivalent of around 50, 000 won ( dlrs 60 ) per pound ( 450 grams ), and an acre ( 0 . 4 hectare ) of the right kind of loamy, rocky, heavily shaded and well-drained land on a mountain slope can produce 3, 300 pounds ( 1, 490 kilograms ) worth 168 million won ( dlrs 198, 000 ).
