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
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Map of encampment at Soumagne, 1746 (Soumagne, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°36'49"N 05°44'48"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:26,350 approx. | RCIN 730053.o
A map of the encampment of the Allied army, under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine, at Soumagne, 5-9 September 1746. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north-west to top.
The march northwards from the previous camp at Fawes to Soumagne was about 11 km (6.8 miles). This campsite (Austrian, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch, English) extends across cultivated land from Fléron (50°36'54"N 05°40'50"E) in the west to Herve (50°38'27"N 05°47'36"E) in the east, a distance of about 7-8 km (circa 5 miles).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
The march northwards from the previous camp at Fawes to Soumagne was about 11 km (6.8 miles). This campsite (Austrian, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch, English) extends across cultivated land from Fléron (50°36'54"N 05°40'50"E) in the west to Herve (50°38'27"N 05°47'36"E) in the east, a distance of about 7-8 km (circa 5 miles).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchWatermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 543
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:26,350 approx.
20.1 x 34.4 cm (neatline)
20.5 x 34.8 cm (image)
24.0 x 34.7 cm (sheet)
- Manuscript title:Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée / auprés de Somaigne le / Moine entre Herve et Fleron / depuis le 5: jusqu’au 9: septemb: / 1746. [top right, in rectangular panel]Annotations:(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/[?]. (Verso) none.George III catalogue entry:Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
Subject(s)
Soumagne (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°36'49"N 05°44'48"E
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