The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Ahausen, 1757
No XXV. Le Camp de Ahusen du 24 Aout [there is no plan under this title, but the following text explains; line endings are different in RCIN 732201.aa:] La Droite de ce Camp s’est appujée à Ahusen, / et la Gauche à...
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.ac
A short description of the encampment of George II's German troops at Ahausen, 24 August 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63).
The distance between the previous encampment at Verden and the overnight stop at Ahausen, where tents were not pitched, is about 16 km (10 miles).
This is the top map of two maps drawn on the same sheet of paper. For the bottom map, see RCIN 732201.ad.
In: LA CAMPAGNE EN ALLEMAGNE 1757. For more information on this volume, see RCINs 732200 and 732201.
Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: C & I HONIG
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:39,600 approx. [Scale statement is on RCIN 732201.ai:] Scale bar: Echelle d’une heure de chemin, pour tous les Plans de ce Receuil. Une heure de Chemin 6000. pas Communs. [123 mm =].
36.8 x 24.0 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
No XXV. Le Camp de Ahusen du 24 Aout [there is no plan under this title, but the following text explains; line endings are different in RCIN 732201.aa:] La Droite de ce Camp s’est appujée à Ahusen, / et la Gauche à un Marais, L’Infanterie de L’Armée / n’ÿ a pas dressée les tentes, n’etant arrivée qu’a la nuit, / et a continuée sa Marche le Lendemain pour / Rothenburg. [top left, the map number is in a small rococo cartouche]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment La Campagne 1757 de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne: par le Lieut. Col. G.J. du Plat. MS. Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany.]
Subject(s)
Ahausen, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°00N 08°55E)
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