War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Army, 1747, Flanders
Abstract of the Cannon of the Royal Artillery as they are at present form'd into Brigades with their / Proportion of Ammunition, as also the Number of Officers and men appointed to attend them September 11. NS 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen and ink on paper | 32.2 x 40.7 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 730171
This summary gives the number and calibre of the field guns allocated to each of eight brigades, and the same for the battalion guns; the totals for rounds of ammunition for guns and howitzers are given for each brigade: cartridges with round shot; quick firing round shot; grape shot; fixed shells; unfixed shells. The headings for the numbers of officers and men for each brigade are: Captains, Lieutenants, Serjeants or Corporals, Gunners and Mattrosses.
This tabulation is signed by Colonel Belford who commanded the Royal Artillery in Flanders in 1747-8; it may not have been written by him but may have been signed by him as an indication of the accuracy of its content.
Condition: four fold lines.
William Belford (active 1726-d.1 July 1780) (draughtsman) [bottom right:] Wm Belford Lt Colonel of Artillery.
Watermark: VRYHEYT; Dutch lion facing left, holding six or seven darts and hat on stick, surrounded by the words ‘Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate’ inside a double-lined double crowned circle; countermark: crowned monogram GR
Mark, stamped: 691
Condition: four fold lines
32.2 x 40.7 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Abstract of the Cannon of the Royal Artillery as they are at present form'd into Brigades with their / Proportion of Ammunition, as also the Number of Officers and men appointed to attend them September 11. NS 1747. [top]
Annotations:
George III heading: Army 11 Sept.r 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [left of centre, ink:] Abstract of the Cannon / of the Royal Artillery as / they are at present form'd / into Brigades wth their / proportion of Ammunition &a / September 11.th N:S:. 1747; [top, left of centre, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] 112:B.; [bottom right, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand]: VII/36; [top left, black pencil, erased:] XIII/54-b.
George III catalogue entry:
Army Abstract of the Cannon of the Royal Artillery as they are at present formed into Brigades, with their proportion of ammunition; as also the number of Officiers and Men appointed to attend them, 11.th September 1747: by Lieut. Col Belford. MS.
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