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 Soignies, 1745
PLAN / Du Campement de Soignies, / de l'Armée des Alliés, sous le Commande- / ment de Son A.R. Monseigneur Le Duc / de Cumberland / Depuis le 2.e jusqu'au 5.me May, de l'Année 1745
1745 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on thin tracing paper, laid down on paper | Scale: 1:21,200 approx. | RCIN 729082
The map is unfinished. Some of the regimental rectangles are coloured according to nationality; there is no key to the colours, nor are the regiments named. It is probable, based on the colours used by Schultz on other maps and orders of battle, that the British are in red, Hanoverian in yellow, Austrians in green. The camp extends for a distance of about 5 km (3 miles) from Neufville (Neufvilles 50°34'15"N 04°00'01"E) to the south of Soignies.
This appears to be a preliminary sketch for the more finished map of the same encampment at RCIN 729081.
Condition: no fold lines.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 424
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:21,200 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une Demi-Lieüe [114 mm =].
23.5 x 28.3 cm (image and neatline)
24.9 x 29.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / Du Campement de Soignies, / de l'Armée des Alliés, sous le Commande- / ment de Son A.R. Monseigneur Le Duc / de Cumberland / Depuis le 2.e jusqu'au 5.me May, de l'Année 1745. [bottom left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Soignies 2 -5 May 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, cropped:] [32?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Soignies [Another copy of D.o [i.e. of RCIN 729081.] [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]]
Subject(s)
Soignies, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°34'44"N 04°04'16"E)
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