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 Rosmeer, 1746
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés / de Herderen entre Rosmaeret Glaen / depuis le 17: septembr jusqu’au 7: / octobr: 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:36,800 approx. | RCIN 730053.r
This campsite, east of Tongeren and in the vicinity of Lafeldt, extends from Rosmeer in the north to Fexe (Fexhe-Slins 50°43'12"N 05°34'11"E) in the south, a distance of about 14 km (8.6 miles). This is the first plan in this volume to show the position of part of the French army, together with French entrenchments.
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, in title panel, a key to the first and second positions of the Allied army from 17-27 September and 27 September-7 October, the French army, retrenchments and the camps of the Austrians, English, Hanoverians, Hessians, Dutch Corps, baggage, etc.]
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: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 546
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:36,800 approx.
19.8 x 34.1 cm (neatline)
20.4 x 34.8 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés / de Herderen entre Rosmaeret Glaen / depuis le 17: septembr jusqu’au 7: / octobr: 1746. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, in title panel, a key to the first and second positions of the Allied army from 17-27 September and 27 September-7 October, the French army, retrenchments and the camps of the Austrians, English, Hanoverians, Hessians, Dutch Corps, baggage, etc.]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/43[a]. (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)
Rosmeer (Flanders, Belgium) 50°50'45"N 05°34'41"E
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