War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Encampment at Bombaye, 1746
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée au= / = prés de Bombaÿ entre Molan et / Heuse depuis le 9: jusqu’au 14 septembr 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:31,800 approx. | RCIN 730053.p
The march north-westwards from the previous camp at Soumagne was about 10 km (6.2 miles). This campsite (Austrians, English, Hanoverians, Hessians, Dutch, Corps de Reserve, Corps du General Trips) extends from Molan (Moelingen 50°45'24"N 05°42'49"E) in the north to just south of Trembleur (50°41'43"N 05°43'33"E) in the south, a distance of about 7 km.
Bombaye is the unnamed village south of Biernau (Berneau 50°44'32"N 05°43'50"E).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 544
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:31,800 approx.
20.0 x 33.6 cm (neatline)
20.4 x 34.1 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée au= / = prés de Bombaÿ entre Molan et / Heuse depuis le 9: jusqu’au 14 septembr 1746. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/43 l. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
Subject(s)
Bombaye (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°43'48"N 05°44'43"E
Page revisions
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