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 Waremme, 1746 (Waremme, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°41'51"N 05°15'18"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:30,000 approx. | RCIN 730053.h
The march southwards from the previous camp at Borgloon was about 13 km (8 miles). This encampment (Austrians, English, Hanoverians, Hessians, Dutch) extends from Waremme, west to Cortis (Kortijs 50°42'23"N 05°08'56"E), across cultivated land on a bluff above a stream valley, a distance of about 8.25 km (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. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 536
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:30,000 approx.
19.3 x 32.7 cm (neatline)
19.7 x 33.0 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés / de Bourg Warem entre Bettincourt et / Cortis le 29 Juillet 1746. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/[43i?]. (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)
Waremme (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°41'51"N 05°15'18"E
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