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 Wattenheim, 1745
PLAN / et Situation du Camp que les Ennemis occupe / rent pendant quelques jour aupres de Wattenheim
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:32,500 approx. | RCIN 729146
The encampment extends from Wattenheim in the north to Hoffheim (Hofheim 49°39'39"N 08°25'00"E) in the south, a distance of about 3 km (1.8 miles). The two bridges used during the French retreat are shown, with the protecting field fortifications, connecting Nordheim (49°40'54"N 08°23'12"E) with Fahre (place name now preserved in the road name ‘Fahrweg’) on the west bank of the Rhine, south of Rhein Turckheim (Rheindürkheim 49°41'58"N 08°21'20"E).
Additional text: [top right, below title, a key, A-I, to the positions of the French encampments, redoubts, bridges, swampy ground.]
Condition: four fold lines; trimmed to edge of image. Verso: induced discolouration.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right, inside border:] J.C. Treu / Elev:
Watermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 476
Condition: four fold lines; trimmed to edge of image. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:32,500 approx. Scale bar: [75 mm =] 3000 Pas.
23.2 x 36.4 cm (neatline)
25.9 x 39.2 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / et Situation du Camp que les Ennemis occupe / rent pendant quelques jour aupres de Wattenheim [top right]
Additional text:
[top right, below title, a key, A-I, to the positions of the French encampments, redoubts, bridges, swampy ground.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Wattenheim 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] X/101; [bottom left, black pencil:] near Worms. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] X/101.
George III catalogue entry:
Wattenheim Plan dessiné du Camp que les Ennemis occuperent pendant quelque jours aupres de Wattenheim, 1745: par I.C. Treu. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampments.]
Subject(s)
Wattenheim, Hesse, Germany (49°41'07"N 08°24'27"E)
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