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Map of the siege of Namur, 1695 (Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E
1695 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:12,000 approx. | RCIN 724075
The 1695 siege of Namur was a reversal of the 1692 siege. Now Coehoorn, instead of defending the town was attacking it and Vauban, who had previously attacked it had, in the meantime built up the town's defenses. He had substantially extended the fortifications by adding a bastion on the Heights of Bouge to the east of the town, and two more to the west of it and constructed a strong stone redoubt between the Coehoorn and Terra Nova Forts to the west. These, together with other new defensive works can be seen on this map.
Additional text: [right, in cartouche representing a stone monument set of a carved plinth with floral swags to each side, surmounted by an urn decorated with lions' heads, in which grows a tree: a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z to the batteries, posts, lodgements, bastions, etc.:] RENVOY.
For further reading, see:
J. Childs, Ch. X. ‘The great siege of Namur 1695’, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester, 1991; reprinted 2013, pp.264-301.
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland’s cipher label.
Anonymous military engineer (draughtsman)
Etienne Foulque (active 1688-1710) (publisher) [right, on the base of the cartouche containg explanatory text:] le Present Plan est tiré d’un Original, / exactement dressé sur le Terrain, et / a été presenté à sa Majesté Britannique / par un de Ses Ingenieurs Ord.res / A la Haye chés ETIENNE FOULQUE / Marchand Libraire
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-97)Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland’s cipher label
Scale: 1:12,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle Verges Rhinlandiques [64 mm =] 200.
38.0 x 55.7 cm (neatline)
38.7 x 56.4 cm (image)
39.7 x 57.4 cm (platemark)
42.0 x 59.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / GENERAL DES ATTAQUES / FAITES DEVANT LA VILLE / ET LE CHATEAU / DE / NAMUR / Assiegez par sa Majesté Britannique / le 12 Juillet, et reduits entiere ,, / ment aux Armes Victorieuses / des Serenissimes Alliez / le 5. Septembre / 1695. [top right, in cartouche framed by branches and the artefacts of war, and standard with the cipher of William III, surmounted by a crown with a winged trumpet-blowing putto to each side]
Additional text:
[right, in cartouche representing a stone monument set of a carved plinth with floral swags to each side, surmounted by an urn decorated with lions' heads, in which grows a tree: a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z to the batteries, posts, lodgements, bastions, etc.:] RENVOY.
Annotations:
George III heading: Namur 1695.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1/52. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 20; [bottom, left of centre, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?, black pencil:] 52; [right, centre, red pencil:] 55.
George III catalogue entry:
Namur Plan general des Attaques faites devant la Ville et le Chateau de Namur assiegés par S.M.B. le 12 Juillet et reduits aux Armes des Alliés le 5 Sept.re 1695; chez Foulque.
Subject(s)
Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Childs, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester 1991, reprint 2013, pp. 264-301
Page revisions
3 November 2024
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