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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

GEORG JOSUA DU PLAT (1722-95)

Encampment at Verden, 1757

No XXIV. Le Camp de Verden du 8 Aout

1757 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.ab

A map of the encampment of George II's German troops at Verden, 8 August 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-east to top.

The distance between the previous encampment at Dörverden and Verden is about 8 km (5 miles). The encamped squadrons and regiments of the following regiments are: Right Wing: Grenadiers à Cheval; Garde du Corps; Busch; Bock; Reg: du Corps; Gilten; Sckölln; Hammerstein; Breidenbach; Hodenberg; Grothaus; Reden; Dachenhausen; Gardes; Block; Kielmansegge; Hardenberg; fabrice; Post; Dreves; Fusiliers; Saxe Gothe; Stoltzenberg; Zandré; Haus; Oberg; Spörcken; Hodenberg; Diepenbroick; Zastrow; Knesebeck; Buckeburg; Scheiter; Druchtleben; Wangenheim; Ledebur; Brunck; Parc d'Artillerie. Left Wing: Garde; Mansebach; Canitz; fürstenberg; Pr Charle; Grenadiers; Pr hereditaire; Isenburg; Haudring; Hanau; Anhalt; Parc d'Artillerie; Behr; Reg du Corps; Imhoff; Parc d'Artillerie; Zastrow Bronsv.; Reg du Corps hess.; Grenadiers campées à Rethem; Reg du Corps; Dragons du Corps; Miltitz; Isenburg; Pr Guilleaume; Dachenhausen Drag: Campés à Rethem.

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).

This is the bottom map of two maps drawn on the same sheet of paper. For the top map, see RCIN 732201.aa.

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 =].

    13.0 x 21.0 cm (neatline)

    16.9 x 21.0 cm (image)

    36.8 x 24.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Manuscript title:

    No XXIV. Le Camp de Verden du 8 Aout. [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)

    Verden, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°55'00"N 09°14'00"E)

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