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
Battle of Striegau, 1745
Plan / de la / Bataille / vers Striegau / entre les / Austrichens et Trouppes / auxil: Saxons / contre / les Prussiens / donne le 4 Juin / 1745
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:105,000 approx. | RCIN 729117
This battle was part of the Silesian Wars in which Frederick the Great, King of Prussia sought to acquire by force the Silesian territories of Maria Theresa of Austria.
This map shows the dispositions of the two armies at the beginning of the battle, when the Prussian army took the encamped Austrians and Saxons by surprise at 4am on 4 June. The surrounding settlements of Schweinitz (Serwinó, about 1 km north-east of Dobromierz), Halbendorff (probably Granica 5055'49"N 16°18'31"E) and Thomaswalde (Tomkowice 50°56'31"N 16°17'39"E) are shown. Freyberg or Freiburg (Świebodzice 50°51'35"N 16°19'41"E) lies to the south-east.
Condition: three fold lines; small hole on one fold, left; some foxing.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, C & IHONIG below
Mark, stamped: 453
Condition: three fold lines; small hole on one fold, left; some foxing
Scale: not stated. 1:105,000 approx.
21.7 x 38.7 cm (image)
21.3 x 38.3 cm (neatline)
24.8 x 41.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / de la / Bataille / vers Striegau / entre les / Austrichens et Trouppes / auxil: Saxons / contre / les Prussiens / donne le 4 Juin / 1745. [top left, in a cartouche representing a trompe l'oeil torn sheet of paper]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Striegau 4 June 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 9/44; [top left, black pencil:] X/69.
George III catalogue entry:
Striegau Plan dessiné de la Bataille vers Striegau entre les Autrichiens et Troupes auxiliaires Saxonnes, et les Prussiens: donnée le 4 Juin 1745.
Subject(s)
Strzegom, Lower Silesian Voivodship, Poland (50°57'45"N 16°21'00"E)
Dobromierz, Lower Silesian Voivodship, Poland (50°54'41"N 16°14'30"E)
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