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 Terheijden, 1746 (Terheijden, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°38'36"N 04°45'15"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, joined | Scale: 1:22,000 approx. | RCIN 730049
This detailed topographical map showing roads, settlements, drainage, marshes and the extended lines of encampments of the Allied army to the north of Breda, gives similar information to RCINs 730042-6. It shows the additional detail of the ten battalions and ten squadrons of additional Hanoverian troops who arrived on 15 June, but not the further six battalions of Hessian troops who arrived on 4 July.
Additional text: [top centre, below title, within title panel:] Das Haubt Quartier der Herren Feld Marschalle Graffen von Batianÿ und Fürsten von / Waldeck ist zu Ter-Heÿde, das Staabs Quartier der Hannoverischen und Hessen ist zu / Wagenberg, und derer Holländer zu Mäde. [Bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-R, to the places and features on the map; bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key to the numbers, 1-71, on the map:] Explication der Zieffern, womit die Regimenter marquiret.
Condition: nine fold lines; formerly folded to 27.6 x 10.4 cm; creased; small tear to bottom margin, right of centre. Verso: surface dirt along left and right edges; induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-GBArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 526
Condition: nine fold lines; formerly folded to 27.6 x 10.4 cm; creased; small tear to bottom margin, right of centre. Verso: surface dirt along left and right edges; induced discolouration
Scale: 1:22,000 approx. Scale bar: [109 mm =] 3000 Schritt.
38.2 x 74.6 cm (neatline)
38.5 x 74.9 cm (image)
39.4 x 75.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / Von dem Lager der Alliirten Armée zwischen Breda und Gertruÿdenberg, / wie selbiges seit den 15ten Junÿ 1746, als nach Ankunfst des Renforts von 10 Battal. / lions, und 10 Esquadrons Hannoverischer Trouppen wüercklich stehet benebst denen alten / reparirten, und mit neuen Wercken verstärckten Linien, Batterien, Redouten, und Schantzen / ingleichen von den beÿden Festungen Breda, und Gertrudenberg mit deren Situation. [top centre, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top centre, below title, within title panel:] Das Haubt Quartier der Herren Feld Marschalle Graffen von Batianÿ und Fürsten von / Waldeck ist zu Ter-Heÿde, das Staabs Quartier der Hannoverischen und Hessen ist zu / Wagenberg, und derer Holländer zu Mäde. [Bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-R, to the places and features on the map; bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key to the numbers, 1-71, on the map:] Explication der Zieffern, womit die Regimenter marquiret.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Ter Heyden 15 June 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 10/50; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XII/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Ter Heyden Plan von dem Lager der Allurten Armée (zu Ter Heyden) zwischen Breda und Gertruydenberg wie selbiges siet den 15 Juny 1746. drawn. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampments.]
Subject(s)
Terheijden (North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°38'36"N 04°45'15"E
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