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
1746Ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:48,000 approx. | RCIN 730043
A detailed topographical map showing roads, settlements, drainage, marshes and the extended lines of encampments of the Allied army to the north of Breda from May 1746. This map gives more information than RCIN 730042: the detail is less generalised and the disposition of troops in relation to settlements and field fortifications, and the greater and more particular identification of ‘goings’, suggests that this map has been made on the basis of field observations.
This map was drawn up at Wagenberg (51°39'54"N 04°44'55"E), where the Hanoverian, Austrian and Hessian troops were encamped. The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: English (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Austrian (green), Dutch (blue), Hessian (grey).
Additional text: [bottom right, inside neatline:] à / Wagenberg / ce 5= Juin 1746.
Condition: two fold lines; small tear along right of central horizontal fold; trimmed; top right corner cut off diagonally. Verso: brown discolouration; surface dirt on left edge.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-GBArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 520
Condition: two fold lines; small tear along right of central horizontal fold; trimmed; top right corner cut off diagonally. Verso: brown discolouration; surface dirt on left edge
Scale: not stated. 1:48,000 approx.
17.2 x 29.6 cm (neatline)
17.4 x 29.9 cm (image)
18.9 x 31.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du Campement de l’Armée Alliée entre Breda et Gertruydenberg, / depuis le 22me Maï, 1746. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
à / Wagenberg / ce 5= Juin 1746. [bottom right, inside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Ter Heyden 22 May 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 10/39; [top left, black pencil:] XII/29.
George III catalogue entry:
Ter Heyden Plan dessinée du Campement de l’Armée Alliée (a Ter Heyden) entre Breda et Gertuydenberg, le 22 Mai 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Ter Heyden.]
Subject(s)
Terheijden (North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°38'36"N 04°45'15"E
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