The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
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Order of battle, 1757, Prussian army
Armée Prusse
c.1757Pencil, pen and ink on paper; pricking through | 20.5 x 31.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 732005
An order of battle of the Prussian army in 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63).
Drawn in a Prussian or Hanoverian hand. The date ‘1757’ has been added later in a hand resembling that of Edward Mason, Cumberland's librarian.
The General Officers, under General Field Marshal de Lewald, are, First Line Lieutenant-General Marshals Dohna and de Schorlemmer; Major-Generals de Platen, Kanitz, and Below. The General Officers of the Second Line are: Lieutenant-Generals de Kalnein and Prince de Holstein; Major-General Finkelstein.
Condition: three fold lines; small tear to right edge; formerly pasted down on paper.
Drawn in a Prussian or Hanoverian hand. The date ‘1757’ has been added later in a hand resembling that of Edward Mason, Cumberland's librarian.
The General Officers, under General Field Marshal de Lewald, are, First Line Lieutenant-General Marshals Dohna and de Schorlemmer; Major-Generals de Platen, Kanitz, and Below. The General Officers of the Second Line are: Lieutenant-Generals de Kalnein and Prince de Holstein; Major-General Finkelstein.
Condition: three fold lines; small tear to right edge; formerly pasted down on paper.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Pro Patria
Mark, stamped: 803
Condition: three fold lines; small tear to right edge; formerly pasted down on paper
20.5 x 31.9 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Armée Prusse [top left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1757.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée de Prusse commandée par le Marechal de Lewald in 1757. MS.
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