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
Order of battle, 1747 Alphen
Ordre de Battaille de L'AILE GAUCHE de L'Armee Alliée Commande par / S:A:R: Monseigneur Le Duc de Cumberland Alphin Avril 1747
1747 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | 19.4 x 30.9 cm (image) | RCIN 730094
The names of all the commanding officers are given down to squadron/battalion level, together with the numbers of squadrons/battalions of each regiment. The regimental rectangles are coloured according to country of origin: British (red); Austrian; Hanoverian (yellow); Hessians (blue).
The General Officers of the First Line are Generals Sommerfeldt, Ligonier; Lieutenant-Generals Hawley, Dalwigh, Albemarle, Druchleben, Prince Hesse; Major-Generals Hammerstein, Zastrow, Wolffe; Brigadiers Bligh, Wreden, Douglas, Price, Borch.
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant-General Mansbach; Major-Generals Bland, Montigni, Yssenburg, Howard, Klinckowstrohm; Brigadiers Adelepsen, Houghton, Mordaunt, Block, Sporcken.
Condition: no fold lines.
? John Anderson (active 1747-8) (draughtsman)
Watermark: A crown, the letters G R below
Mark, stamped: 587
Condition: no fold lines
17.2 x 30.6 cm (neatline)
19.4 x 30.9 cm (image)
19.7 x 31.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Battaille de L'AILE GAUCHE de L'Armee Alliée Commande par / S:A:R: Monseigneur Le Duc de Cumberland Alphin Avril 1747.
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Alphen in April 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] 11/19 [the ‘19’ is crossed out in black pencil]; [top left, black pencil:] XIII/14; [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil and obscured by white paper strip:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l'Aile Gauche de l'Armée Alliée commandée par le Duc de Cumberland a Alphin en Avril 1747. MS.
Subject(s)
North Brabant (Netherlands) 51°28'54"N 04°57'30"E
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