The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Hastenbeck, 1757 (Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.t
A map of the position of George II's army near Hastenbeck, 24 July 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with west to top.
Squadrons and battalions of the following regiments are marked as present: Col: Diepenbroick avec 300 hommes; Scheiter; Bückeburg; Block; Oberg; Diepenbroick; Zastrow; Grenaders de Bronsvic; Grenad: de Hesse; Grenad: d'hannovre; Mansbach; Haudring; Reg du Corps Br.; Behr; Imhof; Grenadiers; Prince Charle; Fürstenberg; Pr: Hereditaire; Isenburg; Hanau; Canitz; Anhalt; Reg. du Corps hess:; Ledebur; Fabrice; Knesebeck; Druchtleben; Hodenberg; Brunck; Stoltzenberg; Saxe Gothe; Post; Wangenheim; Kielmansegge; Gardes; Reg du Corps Hess.; Dragons du Corps; Miltitz; Comte Isenburg; Pr Guilleaume; Dachenhausen; Sckölln; Reg: du Corps; Bock; Busch; Hammerstein; Gilten; Vac: Schlüter; Breitenbach; Dachenhausen; Reden; Garde du Corps; Grenadiers à Cheval; Breitenbach detaché; Spörcken; Zandré; Hardenberg; Le Corps des Chasseurs.
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-FranceArmy-HesseArmy-BrunswickWatermark: C & I HONIG; countermark: fleur-de-lys
Condition: two 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 =].
31.9 x 41.5 cm (image and neatline)
36.7 x 44.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Manuscript title:
PLAN de la Position de L’Armée de Sa Majesté Brit: / du 24 Juilliet près de Hastenbeck. Litr: A. [top left, in cartouche]
Additional text:
[below title: a key, A-G; a column down right of map:] Noms des Regimens.
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)
Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E)
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