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
Map of encampment at Grammont, 1745 (Geraardsbergen, Flanders, Belgium) 50°46'49"N 03°54'25"E
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:29,200 approx. | RCIN 729126
This map shows the first encampment of the Allied army at Grammont, before it crossed the Dendre and moved to the north. The date for this part of the encampment is not quite consistent with that given in RCIN 729125 as it indicates that this part of the camp existed between 30 June and 1 July. Individual battalions and squadrons are shown, grouped in brigades, but not identified. By reference to RCIN 729125, the two groups of three battalions and three squadrons to the north-west of Overboelare (50°45'49"N 03°51'49"E) are the English guards for Cumberland's headquarters.
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration on verso.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Pro Patria; countermark: the letters K V B
Mark, stamped: 460
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration on verso
Scale: 1:29,200 approx. Scale bar: [76 mm =] ½ Lieue.
24.7 x 30.1 cm (neatline)
25.4 x 30.6 cm (image)
27.8 x 32.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / Du Campement de Grandmont Occupé / par l'Armée Alliee. depuis le 1: Iusqu'au 2. / Iuillet 1745. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Grammont 1 - 2 July 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, in Mason's or Schultz's hand?:] VI/26. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] X/70-a; [top right, black pencil or ink, obscured by linen backing:] a flourished F [or T].
George III catalogue entry:
Grammont Plan dessiné du Campement de Grandmont occupé par l'Armée Alliée depuis le 1 jusqu'au 2 Juillet 1745. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Geraardsbergen, Flanders, Belgium (50°46'49"N 03°54'25"E)
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