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 Stahlhofen, 1745
PLAN / du premier Camp qu'une partie / des trouppes du Corps Hannovrien / occupa pres de Stahlhofen depuis / le 11me jusqu'au 14me d'Avril 1745
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:11,600. Scale bar: [70 mm =] 1000 Pass. | RCIN 729073
Other maps by Treu in this series of encampment maps are Weilburg - Lit A (RCIN 729113); Coblenz - Lit. C (RCIN 729075).
The encamped regiments are Sommerfeldt, Klinckauströhm, Krough, Soubiron, Maÿdel, Horn, Block, Freudemann, Maÿder, Wrangel, Druchtleben, Grenadier a Cheval, Pontpietin. The cantoned regiments are: 2 battalions of Guards, Hugo, Middachten, Garde du Corps, Schultz, Busch, Hammerstein, Wreden, Artillery. The regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to the uniform (probably coat and facings).
The places where the troops were encamped or quartered (all in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate), apart from Stahlhofen were: Taubach (Daubach 50°24'00"N 07°51'00"E), Iselbach (Isselbach 50°24'00"N 07°54'00"E), Girschhausen (Giershausen 50°23'00"N 07°53'00"E), Horbag (Horbach 50°22'59"N 07°51'00"E), Cackelbach (Gackenbach 50°22'00"N 07°52'00"E), Roperadt (Ruppenrod 50°23'00"N 07°53'00"E).
Additional text: [left, below title, a key, a-i, k-n, to the names of the encamped regiments, and a list of the regiments which, having no tents, were quartered in specified villages.]
Condition: four fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (draughtsman) [left, bottom of title and text panel, inside neatline:] J.C. Treu / Ing: en Volont:
Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 415
Condition: four fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:11,600. Scale bar: [70 mm =] 1000 Pass.
23.4 x 25.2 cm (neatline)
23.8 x 38.3 cm (image)
27.8 x 42.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / du premier Camp qu'une partie / des trouppes du Corps Hannovrien / occupa pres de Stahlhofen depuis / le 11me jusqu'au 14me d'Avril 1745. [top left, title and text in rectangular panel down left side of map]
Manuscript title:
Lit: B. [top right, inside neatline]
Additional text:
[left, below title, a key, a-i, k-n, to the names of the encamped regiments, and a list of the regiments which, having no tents, were quartered in specified villages.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Stahlhofen 11-14 April 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] X/97. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] X/97.
George III catalogue entry:
Stahlhofen Plan dessiné du premier Camp qu'une partie des Troupes du Corps Hannovrien occupa pres de Stahlhofen depuis le 11 jusqu'au 14 d'Avril 1745: par I.C. Treu Eng.r
Subject(s)
Stahlhofen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (50°24'00"N 07°52'00"E)
Page revisions
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