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 near Berleghem, 1744
PLAN du CAMPEMENT / de L'ARMÉE des ALLIÉS au / Mois de Juin & de Juillet 1744 le long de L'ESCAUT / & pres D'OUDENARDE
1744 or laterInk and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:23,300 approx. | RCIN 729019
The encampments are chiefly on the east side of the River Escaut, near Oudenaarde (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E), between Mulne (Melden, 50°48'52"N 03°33'55"E) in the south and Gavere (50°55'45"N 03°39'42") in the north. The fortified lines at the bridgehead at Gavere are shown, together with the extent of woodland, the marshy inundations south of Oudenaarde, the river terrace to each side of the river valley, and a diagrammatic indication of fields. The nationalities of the troops are represented by the following colours: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Austrian (green), Dutch (blue).
Additional text: [bottom, below map in rectangular panel, a key, A-C, to the locations of the headquarters of Wade, d'Aremberg and Nassau, and 1-87, to the names of the encamped regiments, with a key to the colours used to identify the nationalities of the troops:] RENVOI.
Condition: one fold line; left and right edges reinforced with paper strips pasted to edges; left edge of recto marked with surface dirt. Verso: heavy surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Indistinct, obscured by linen backing
Mark, stamped: 365
Condition: one fold line; left and right edges reinforced with paper strips pasted to edges; left edge of recto marked with surface dirt. Verso: heavy surface dirt
Scale: 1:23,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deux Miles . d, Angletere [sic]. 1660 Toises [139 mm =].
31.2 x 71.5 cm (neatline)
37.1 x 72.3 cm (image)
39.0 x 74.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN du CAMPEMENT / de L'ARMÉE des ALLIÉS au / Mois de Juin & de Juillet 1744 le long de L'ESCAUT / & pres D'OUDENARDE. [top centre, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
RENVOI. [bottom, below map in rectangular panel, a key, A-C, to the locations of the headquarters of Wade, d'Aremberg and Nassau, and 1-87, to the names of the encamped regiments, with a key to the colours used to identify the nationalities of the troops]
Annotations:
George III heading: [on a white paper strip pasted to verso] Encampment at Berleghem 22 June - 31 July 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Berleghem; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil, obscured by paper strip:] [?] 20
George III catalogue entry:
Berleghem Plan dessiné du Campement de l'Armée des Alliés au mois de Juin et de Juillet 1744 le long de l'Escaut et pres d'Oudenarde.
Subject(s)
Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E)
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