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Map of encampment at Sinstorf, 1757 (Sinstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°25'26"N 09°58'50"E
1763 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,290 approx. | RCIN 732200.ak
The encamped squadrons and battalions of the following regiments were: Left Wing: Bock; Breitenbach; Dragons du Corps; Haus; Druchtleben; Dreves; Buckeburg; Stoltzenberg; Fabrice; Brunek; Regt: du Corps; Pr: Guillaume; Pruschenek; Miltitz; Oberg; Ledebur; Wangenheim; Knesebeck; Behr; Sax Gotha; Scheiter; Zandré; Diepenbroick; Kielmansegge; Block. Right Wing: Grenadiers; Pr: Charle; Furstenberg; Canitz; Mansbach; Garde; Hamerstein; Dachenhausen; Hodenberg; Gilten; Garde du Corps; Busch; Grenad: à Cheval; Regt du Corps; Pr: Anhalt; Hanau; Capellan; Pr: Isenburg; Pr: Hereditaire; Grothaus; Reden; Scköln; Dachenhausen; Regt. du Corps; Behr; Zastrow; Imhoff; Parc d'Artillerie; Gardes.
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 top map of two maps drawn on the same sheet of paper. For the bottom map, see RCIN 732200.al.
In: LA CAMPAGNE 1757 de L'Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne. See RCIN 732200 for the main entry.
Condition: no fold lines
Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor)
Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside border:] Copié par A. H. du Plat Capitaine Lt. du Genie.
Subject(s)
Army-BrunswickArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseWatermark: IV
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:39,290 approx.
13.1 x 21.0 cm (neatline)
17.0 x 21.0 cm (image)
37.8 x 24.4 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
Litr: A. Le Camp de Sinstorff du 30 Novembre [the letter reference to the map is given top left 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)
Sinstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°25'26"N 09°58'50"E)
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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