War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
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Order of battle, 1746, Low Countries
Corps de Reserve de l’Armée Allieè / Consistant des Trouppes Hollandois / commande de S: A: Monseigr: le Prince de Waldeck / au Moÿ de Septembr. 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 19.9 x 25.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 730070
In September 1746 the Allied army camped at seven different locations: Ocquier, Harze, Fays, Soumagne, Bombaye, Lanaken, and Rosmeer (see the sequence of plans at 730053).
The General Officers of the First Line are Generaux de la Cavallerie et d'Infanterie Prince de Birckenfeldt; Feldmarechaux Lieutenants Couenders, Schmitsaert, Schwartzenberg; Generaux Majors Matha, Lindtmann, Vilattes, Wiet, Schack; Brigadiers Schagen, Elias, Rode, Hoefft.
The General Officers of the Second Line are Feldmarechaux Lieutenants La Lippe, Aÿlva; Generaux Majors Glinstra, Veldtmann, Cannenboúrg; Brigadiers Vriebergen, Hiemstra, Grotenroÿ, Schlippenbach.
Condition: four fold lines; trimmed; colour worn. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Cropped: top of crowned shield
Mark, stamped: 565
Condition: four fold lines; trimmed; colour worn. Verso: induced discolouration
19.9 x 25.9 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Corps de Reserve de l’Armée Allieè / Consistant des Trouppes Hollandois / commande de S: A: Monseigr: le Prince de Waldeck / au Moÿ de Septembr.. 1746. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle Sept.r 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 10/65; [top left, black pencil:] XII/56; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille du Corps de Reserve de l’Armée Alliée, consistant des Troupes Hollandoises, commandé par le Prince de Waldeck au mois de Sept.re 1746. MS.
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