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
Encampment at Halle, 1745
PLAN / du Campement de Halle, / occupé par l'Armée des Alliés / depuis le 30. Avril jusqu'au 2.e May / 1745. / Sous le Comandement de S.A.R. / Mgr: Le Duc de Cumberland
1745 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on thin tracing paper, laid down on paper | Scale: 1:36,600 approx. | RCIN 729078
This appears to be an ink draft of the finished copy at RCIN 729077. Some of the regiments are coloured according to nationality [British in red, Hanoverian in yellow, Austrian in green and the Dutch uncoloured] but there is no key or annotation to identify the nations, nor are the regiments named. According to the symbols, it appears that there were 63 squadrons of horse, 3 squadrons of dragoons, 37 infantry battalions and artillery.
The encampment extended for a distance of about 3 km (1.8 miles) from north of Halle in the north, through Lembeek (50°42'56"N 04°13'05"E) to Tubise (Tubize 50°41'26"N 04°12'03"E) in the south.
Condition: no fold lines.
? Nevil Tatton (active 1744-75) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside border:] N: Tatton.
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 422
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:36,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une ½ Lieue [65 mm =].
28.7 x 30.4 cm (image and neatline)
29.5 x 31.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / du Campement de Halle, / occupé par l'Armée des Alliés / depuis le 30. Avril jusqu'au 2.e May / 1745. / Sous le Comandement de S.A.R. / Mgr: Le Duc de Cumberland [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Halle 30 April-2 May 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, cropped, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 31. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Halle Plan dessiné du Campement de Halle occupé par l'Armée des Alliés sous le commandement du Duc de Cumberland depuis le 30 Avril jusqu'au 2 May 1745: par N. Tatton. [Another Copy of D.o [i.e. RCIN 729077] [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]]
Subject(s)
Halle, Flanders, Belgium (50°44'01"N 04°14'04"E)
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