The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Dankersen, 1757
No XV. Le Camp de Danckersen du 26 Juin
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.p
A map of the encampment of George II's German troops at Dankersen, 26 June 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south to top.
The distance between the camps at Holzhausen and Dankersen is about 7 km (4 miles). The camp at Dankersen extended over about 6 km (3¾ miles).
The encamped squadrons and battalions of the following regiments are: Right Wing: Dachenhausen; Busch; Bock; Reg: du Corps; Sckölln; Dachenhausen; Breitenbach; Vacant Schluter; Reden; Gilten; Gard du Corps; Grenadiers a Cheval; Gardes; Block; Kielmansegge; Diepenbroick; Zandré; Stoltzenberg; Buckeburg; Fusiliers; Post; Fabrice; Ledebur; Oberg; Spörcken; Hodenberg; Wangenheim; Druchtleben; Scheiter; Saxe Gothe; Knesebeck; Zastrow; Hardenberg; Brunck; Parc d'Art: Hanovr:. Left Wing: Gardes; Mansbach; Haudring; Fürstenberg; Pr Charle; Grenadiers; Behr; Leib Regiment; Pr hereditaire hes:; Pr Isenburg; Hanau; Canitz; Anhalt; Reg du Corps hes:; Zastrow; Imhoff; Parc hessois, Parc de Bronsvic; Prussians: Pr hereditaire, Salmuth, Jungheim; Reg du Corps; Dragons du Corps; Comte Isenburg; Pr Guilleaume; Miltitz; 3 bat Grenadiers han; 2 bat Grenadiers de hesse; 2 bat Grenadiers de Bronsvic.
The scale to the map, and the key to the conventional signs used to represent the troops is given on RCIN 732201.ai, headed 'Remarques'. The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Prussian (green), Brunswickian (yellow), Hessian (blue), French (lilac).
See also RCIN 732020 for another map of the encampments at Dankersen on 26 June 1757.
This is the top map of two maps drawn on the same sheet of paper. For the bottom map, see RCIN 732201.q.
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: Fleur-de-lys
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 =].
13.2 x 21.0 cm (neatline)
16.9 x 21.0 cm (image)
36.8 x 24.0 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
No XV. Le Camp de Danckersen du 26 Juin [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)
Dankersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°18'00"N 08°58'00"E)
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