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 Maastricht and St Peter's Hill, 1747
PLAN De la nouvelle Ligne qu'ont vient de dresser Sur le Mont de St Pierre pres de Mastricht / Elle fut tracée le 16 Juillet, et va être achevée aujourd'hui le 25 du dit Mois 1747
1747 or laterInk and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:13,560 approx. | RCIN 730153
The fortified line and encampment shown here on the west bank of the Meuse were part of the Allied army encampments which were made to the south and east of Maastricht after the Battle of Lafelt (2 July 1747), and while the siege of Bergen op Zoom (14 July-18 September 1747) was being conducted. The geographical relationship between the camp at St Peter's Hill and the rest of the army is shown on RCIN 730142. The regiments listed in the key as being present in July at this location are: Sommerfeldt, Hessian Grenadiers, Wurmbrand, Charles de Lorraine, Damnitz, Botta, Neuperg (Austrian), Johnson, Cornwal Anglois, Seckendorff, Thüring, and Bavarian Guards. The area covered extends from the outskirts of Maastricht southwards to the castle of Lichtenberg (now in ruins: 50°49'21"N 05°41'39"E) and further south to Gaster (now a small hamlet, Caster, in the Walloon Region of Belgium, 50°48'30"N 05°41'17"E).
Additional text: [top left, below title, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the lines, batteries and position of the battalions.]
Condition: four fold lines; two small tears to bottom edge; a piece missing from top right edge; tear to upper right edge; bottom right corner diagonally cut. Verso: brown staining and induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: VRYHEYT: Dutch lion facing right, holding a hat on a pole and four darts within a crowned circle with two double edges with Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate; countermark: GS
Mark, stamped: 666
Condition: four fold lines; two small tears to bottom edge; a piece missing from top right edge; tear to upper right edge; bottom right corner diagonally cut. Verso: brown staining and induced discolouration
Scale: 1:13,560 approx. Scale bar: [118 mm =] 2000 Pas.
29.2 x 37.1 cm (neatline)
29.8 x 37.6 cm (image)
31.4 x 38.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN De la nouvelle Ligne qu'ont vient de dresser Sur le Mont de St Pierre pres de Mastricht / Elle fut tracée le 16 Juillet, et va être achevée aujourd'hui le 25 du dit Mois 1747. [top, across top of map, inside neatline]
Additional text:
[top left, below title, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the lines, batteries and position of the battalions.]
Annotations:
George III heading: t Peter's Hill 16-25 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XIII/57; [bottom right, red pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 11/58 [and ? XII/8]; [top right, black pencil, erased:] St. Peter's.
George III catalogue entry:
Peter's Hill, S.t Plan dessiné de la nouvelle Ligne qu'on vient de dresser sur le Mont de S.t Pierre pres de Mastricht tracée le 16 et achevée le 25 Juillet 1747.
Subject(s)
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E)
Sint Pietersberg, Limburg, Netherlands (50°49'15"N 05°41'08"E)
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