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 Lanaken, 1746
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée / aupres de Lonacken entre Gelick / et Wilre depuis le 14: jusqu’au 17: septembr: / 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:27,700 approx. | RCIN 730053.q
In order to march to this camp from the previous camp at Bombaye, a distance of about 7.5 km (4.6 miles), the troops would have had to have crossed the River Meuse/Maas. The camp (Austrians, English, Hanoverians, Hessians, Corps des Hollandois) at Lanaken extends from Gelick (Gellik 50°53'05"N 05°36'36"E) near Lanaken in the north to south of Sint Pieter, east of Naer Kaan (Neerkanne 50°49'00"N 05°40'00"E) in the south, a distance of about 6-7 km. The present-day topography of the southern end of the camp site has changed as a result of the straightening of the River Meuse/Maas, and quarrying.
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. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 545
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:27,700 approx.
20.1 x 35.5 cm (image)
19.7 x 35.1 cm (neatline)
24.0 x 34.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée / aupres de Lonacken entre Gelick / et Wilre depuis le 14: jusqu’au 17: septembr: / 1746. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/[?]. (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)
Lanaken (Flanders, Belgium) 50°53'35"N 05°38'48"E
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