The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of encampment at Brackwede, 1757 (Brackwede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°59'00"N 08°31'00"E
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.m
A map of the order of battle of George II's German troops at the camp at Brackwede, 11 June 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-west to top.
The order of battle was set out in two lines, followed by the Grenadiers and Cavalry. First Line: Pr Hereditaire Prus:; Jungheim; Salmuth; Gardes; Kielmansegge; Hardenberg; Sporcken; Knesebeck; Diepenbroick; Druchtleben; Zastrow; Oberg; Pr: Hereditaire Hess.; Isenburg; Canitz; Anhalt; Reg: du corps; Behr; Reg du Corps Brons:; Grenadiers de Bronsv:; Detachement d'Infanterie. Second Line: Imhof; Zastrow; Pr Charle; Furstenberg; Hanau; Haudring; Mansbach; Saxe Gothe; Fusiliers; Fabrice. Grenadiers: Hodenberg; Brunck; Post; Zandré; Ledebur; Stolzenberg; Buckeburg; Grenadiers hessois; Grenadiers hannovr:; Grenadiers de Hesse. Cavalry: Grenadiers; Garde du Corps; Dachenhausen Dr.; Reden; Reg du Corps; Dragons du Corps; BreiDenbach; Busch; Bock; Pr GuillEaume; Comte Isenburg; Dachenhausen; Schlüter; Gilten.
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.l.
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)
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-BrunswickArmy-PrussiaFleur-de-lys
None
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 21.1 cm (neatline)
16.9 x 21.1 cm (image)
36.8 x 24.0 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
No XII. La Disposition de Bataille au Camp de Brackwede Le 11.e 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)
Brackwede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°59'00"N 08°31'00"E)
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