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
Breisach, 1743
PLAN / Von der Insel Keis=haken Worauf das über / dem Rein Gesetzte Corpo, und wie solches sich / in Schlacht ordnung Postiret, nebst anmerkung / der feündliche Pevegung und dessen Laager. 1743
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on thick paper | Scale: not stated. 1:16,000 approx. | RCIN 728121
A detailed topographical map with the field fortifications, showing lines of fire from the batteries across the Rhine, and the Austrian pontoon bridge across the river, with the heavily fortified bridgehead on the west bank, with the camps of the Pandours and Croation forces beyond. The date of the ‘enemy camp’ is given as 4 September. This was part of the operations in the summer following the Battle of Dettingen (27 June 1743) in which the Allied armies unsuccessfully attempted to invade France by crossing the Rhine.
Additional text: [top right, below title, in title cartouche, a key A-I, K-O, to the camps, batteries, field fortifications, and crossing the Keis island on 4 September, etc:] Explication.
Condition: no apparent fold lines; creased.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: PRO PATRIA
Mark, stamped: 345
Condition: no apparent fold lines; creased
Scale: not stated. 1:16,000 approx.
18.7 x 25.9 cm (neatline)
18.9 x 26.3 cm (image)
20.0 x 27.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / Von der Insel Keis=haken Worauf das über / dem Rein Gesetzte Corpo, und wie solches sich / in Schlacht ordnung Postiret, nebst anmerkung / der feündliche Pevegung und dessen Laager. 1743. [top right, in cartouche]
Additional text:
Explication. [top right, below title, in title cartouche, a key A-I, K-O, to the camps, batteries, field fortifications, and crossing the Keis island on 4 September, etc]
Annotations:
George III heading: Passage of the Rhine at Old Brisach 4 Sept.r 1743.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Rhine Plan von der Insel Keis-haken (bey Alt Brisach) worauf das uber dem Rein gesetze Corps, und wie solches sich in Schlacht Ordnung postiret, nebst anmerkung der feundlichen pevegung und dessen Laager, 4 Sept.r 1743. drawn. [The same entry appears under the heading Brisach.]
Subject(s)
Breisach am Rhein, Baden-Württemburg, Germany (48°01'58"N 07°34'58"E)
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