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Order of battle of the Hanoverian army, 1728
Ordre de Bataille von 27den Martii 1728 / Commandirender General Ihro Durchl Printz Ferdinand Herzog zu Braunschweig und Luneburg
1728 or laterPen and ink on paper | 20.0 x 31.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 727026.b
An order of battle of the Hanoverian army on 27 March 1728 under the command of Field Marshal Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1680-1735).
The General Officers of the First Line are General S.r Exc. von Zastrow; Lieutenant-Generals Erb Printz von Braunschweig, Wutgenau, Pr Isenburg, Oberg; Major-Generals Gr Schulenburg, Einsiedel, Furstenberg, Diepenbroick, Wargenheim, Brunck, Dachenhausen Junior, Dachenhausen Seni[or].
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant Generals Pr. Anhalt, von Sporcken; Major-Generals von Urff, Zastrow, Gilsie, Grose, Druchsleben, Kielmansegge, Sckölln, Zepelin.
The General Officers of the Corps de Reserve are Lieutenant-General Pr. von Holstein Gottorn; Major-Generals de Bandemer, Zastrow, Hardenberg, Comte Finckenstein.
A summary, bottom right, gives the totals for the First Line at 26 squadrons and 20 battalions; for the Second Line, 20 squadrons and 18 battalions, and for the Reserve, 16 squadrons and 8 battalions making a grand total of 62 squadrons and 46 battalions.
Condition: three fold lines.
The General Officers of the First Line are General S.r Exc. von Zastrow; Lieutenant-Generals Erb Printz von Braunschweig, Wutgenau, Pr Isenburg, Oberg; Major-Generals Gr Schulenburg, Einsiedel, Furstenberg, Diepenbroick, Wargenheim, Brunck, Dachenhausen Junior, Dachenhausen Seni[or].
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant Generals Pr. Anhalt, von Sporcken; Major-Generals von Urff, Zastrow, Gilsie, Grose, Druchsleben, Kielmansegge, Sckölln, Zepelin.
The General Officers of the Corps de Reserve are Lieutenant-General Pr. von Holstein Gottorn; Major-Generals de Bandemer, Zastrow, Hardenberg, Comte Finckenstein.
A summary, bottom right, gives the totals for the First Line at 26 squadrons and 20 battalions; for the Second Line, 20 squadrons and 18 battalions, and for the Reserve, 16 squadrons and 8 battalions making a grand total of 62 squadrons and 46 battalions.
Condition: three fold lines.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Vryheyt; no countermark; not in Churchill or Heawood
Mark, stamped: 172
Condition: three fold lines
20.0 x 31.9 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Bataille von 27den Martii 1728 / Commandirender General Ihro Durchl Printz Ferdinand Herzog zu Braunschweig und Luneburg.
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle, 27 March 1728.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille von 27 Martii 1728. MS.
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