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 the Battle of Raucoux, 1746 (Rocourt, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°40'32"N 05°32'46"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:29,900 approx. | RCIN 730075
A map of the Battle of Raucoux fought on 11 October 1746 between the French army, commanded by Marshal Maurice de Saxe (1696-1750) and the Allied army commanded by Charles of Lorraine (1712-80), General John Ligonier (1680-1770) and Karl August, Prince of Waldeck (1704-63), resulting in a French victory. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west-north-west to top.
The area covered extends for a distance of about 14 km from Fauxbourg St Gilles (50°37'41"N 05°32'44"E), Ance (Ans 50°39'44"N 05°31'13"E), and Aleur (Alleur 50°40'28"N 05°30'47"E) in the south to Sleus (Sluizen 50°45'54"N 05°31'52"E), Glaen (Glons 50°45'11"N 05°32'44"E), Else (Elst 50°46'06"N 05°33'29"E), Büerien (Boirs 50°45'10"N 05°34'45"E), Röekling (Roclenge-Sur-Geer 50°45'24"N 05°35'40"E), and Baisenie (Bassenge 50°45'31"N 05°36'35"E) in the north; also from Péve (Paifve 50°43'41"N 05°31'24"E) in the west, to Oupey (Oupeye 50°42'42"N 05°38'48"E), in the east, a distance of about 11 km.
François Hancko (active 1741-8) (draughtsman) [bottom left, below scale bar, inside neatline:] Fait par Hancko Ingenieur au Servis de sa Maje. Britannique.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-AustriaArmy-GBArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 569
Condition: one fold line; trimmed. Verso: linen stamp; foxing and brown staining; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; part of a linen mark stamp remains
Scale: 1:29,900 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'un demi lieu de Brabant [93 mm =].
41.4 x 48.0 cm (neatline)
43.9 x 51.1 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / de l’attaque / devant / Liege / le 11:me Octob: / 1746. [bottom left, in ornate cartouche]
Additional text:
[top left, inside neatline and bordered by an uneven decorated line, an account of the battle and an explanation of the letters on the map:] Ranvoÿ [the explanatory text is continued, top right, within a similarly ornamented line.]
Annotations:
George III heading: [verso, on white paper strip:] Battle of Raucoux 11 Oct.r 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 52; [top, right of centre, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Raucoux; [top right, black pencil:] 77.; [top right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] F; [right centre, red pencil:] 52.
George III catalogue entry:
Raucoux Plan dessine de la Bataille de Raucoux pres de Liege. le 11 Oct.re 1746, par Hancko Ing.r
Subject(s)
Rocourt (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°40'32"N 05°32'46"E
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