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
Order of battle, 1746, Allied army
Ordre de bataille Le 6.e May n: s: 1746.
c.1746Pencil, pen, and ink on thin paper; no colour | 15.1 x 22.6 cm (image) | RCIN 730034
Regiments are represented by uncoloured rectangles, divided diagonally in two. Each regiment is named. The General Officers of the First Line, under Bathiani and Field Marshal the Prince of Waldeck are General Feld Zeugmeister Birckenfeld, Gaisrugg; General Feldmarechal Lieutenant Cronders, Aÿlva, La Lippe, Grüne, Hollÿ; General Majors Schank, Matha, Veldmann, Zoute, Lincere, de Witte, Gemmingen, Walbron, Radicati; Brigadiers Hoeuff, Schagen, Schode.
The General Officers of the Second Line are General Feld Zeugmeister Prince von Wolfenbuttel; General Feldmarechal Lieutenant Schmissard, Kollowrath, Brzÿkooskÿ; General Major Lieutenant Hombesch, Caneburg, Glinstra, Lillers, d'Arberg, Bournonville; Brigadiers Schiperbach, Griberges.
Condition: four fold lines; bottom left and top right corners creased; top left corner cut off diagonally.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Cropped: crown above a shield, possibly containing a horn
Mark, stamped: 513 [‘A’ in ink after number]
Condition: four fold lines; bottom left and top right corners creased; top left corner cut off diagonally
14.8 x 22.3 cm (neatline)
15.1 x 22.6 cm (image)
16.2 x 23.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Ordre de bataille Le 6.e May n: s: 1746. [top centre, inside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 6 May 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 10/34 [the ‘34’ is crossed out in black pencil]; top left, black pencil: XII/34.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée Alliée commandée par le Marechal de Bathyany, le 6 May 1746. MS.
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