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
1763 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,290 approx. | RCIN 732200.m
The order of battle was set out in two lines, followed by the Grenadiers and Cavalry. First Line: Pr Hereditaire; Jungheim; Salmuth; Gardes; Kielmansegge; Hardenberg; Spörcken; Knesebeck; Diepenbroick; Druchtleben; Zastrow; Oberg; Pr Hereditaire Hes:; Isenburg; Cantiz; Pr. Anhalt; Regt du corps; Behr; Regt du Corps; Grenad. de Brons.; Detachement d'Infanterie. Second Line: Imhoff; Zastrow; Pr Charle; Furstenberg; Hanau; Haudring; Mansbach; Sax Gotha; Fusilliers; Fabrice; Hodenberg. Grenadiers: Brunck; Post; Zandré; Ledebur; Stolzenberg; Buckeburg; Grenadier Hes.; Grenadier Han.; Grenadier Hes. Cavalry: Grenadier à Cheval; Garde du Corps; Dachenhausen; Reden; Regt du Corps; Dragons du Corps; Breitenbach; Busch; Bock; Pr Guillaume; 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 N.o XXXII, headed 'Remarques' (RCIN 732200.ag). 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 732200.l.
In: LA CAMPAGNE 1757 de L'Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne. See RCIN 732200 for the main entry.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: some induced discolouration.
Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor)
Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-BrunswickArmy-PrussiaWatermark: Fleur-de-lys
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: some induced discolouration
Scale: 1:39,290 approx.
13.3 x 21.0 cm (neatline)
16.9 x 21.1 cm (image)
37.8 x 24.4 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
No XII La Disposition de Bataille au Camp de Brackwede Le 11.er 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)
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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