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
French lines near Germersheim, 1743
Plan de la Situation / de Germersheim / avec les Lignes et Redoutes / françoises / que l'Armee Alliée fit / demolir et raser / le 3me Octob...
c.1743Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 728129
The French had abandoned their fortified lines at Germersheim on 27 September. This map shows that the land immediately north of Germersheim, depicted as marshland on Schultz's map at RCIN 728128, had been flooded. The topographical details of this map are different to Schultz's map. There is no key to the map; the yellow colour which is applied to the lines, and which is normally used to indicate projected constructions, may indicate here those areas which were destroyed.
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 10.6 x 16.2 cm; brown discolouration. Verso: brown discolouration; surface dirt along fold lines.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 352
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 10.6 x 16.2 cm; brown discolouration. Verso: brown discolouration; surface dirt along fold lines
Scale: not stated
28.4 x 44.4 cm (image and neatline)
30.3 x 45.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de la Situation / de Germersheim / avec les Lignes et Redoutes / françoises / que l'Armee Alliée fit / demolir et raser / le 3me Octobr: 1743.
Annotations:
George III heading: Lines near Germersheim destroyed by the Allies 3 Oct.r 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 40; [bottom right, black pencil:] 38. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] 22; [centre, red pencil:] 22; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Lines
George III catalogue entry:
Germersheim Plan dessiné de la Situation de Germersheim avec les Lignes et Redoutes Francoises que l’Armée Alliée fit demolir et raser le 3 Oct. 1743. [The same entry appears under the heading Lines.]
Subject(s)
Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°13'23"N 08°21'50"E)
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