The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of encampment at Hagenah, 1757 (Hagenah, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°33'00"N 09°20'00"E
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.ah
A map of the encampment of the Right Wing of George II's German troops at Hagenah, 11 September 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south to top.
The distance between the previous encampment at Bremervörde and Hagenah is about 14 km (8½ miles). The encamped squadrons and battalions of the following regiments were: Cavalry: Busch; Breidenbach; Reg: du Corps; Gilten; Grothaus; Hodenberg; Sckölln; Reden; Hammerstein. Infantry: Haus; Zastrow Colonel; Post; Ledebur; Spörcken; Grenadiers Hannovriens; Grenadiers de Bronsvic; Grenadiers Hessois; Block; Brunck; Hardenberg; Wangenheim; Zandré; Knesebeck; Dreves; fusiliers; Stoltzenberg; Fabrice; Kielmansegge; Oberg. Cavalry: Dachenhausen Cavalry and Dragoons.
The scale to the map, and the key to the conventional signs used to represent the troops is given below this map on the same sheet of paper, headed 'Remarques' (see RCIN 732201.ai). The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Prussian (green), Brunswickian (yellow), Hessian (blue), French (lilac).
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-BrunswickArmy-HesseWatermark: 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 =].
13.0 x 21.0 cm (neatline)
16.9 x 21.0 cm (image)
36.8 x 24.0 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
N.o XXX. Le Camp de L’Aile droite à Hagena du 11 7bre. [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)
Hagenah, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°33'00"N 09°20'00"E)
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