War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
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Order of battle, 1746, Low Countries
Ordre de Battaille / De l’Armée aliiée aux païs bas Sous les Ordres de / Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc Charles de Lorraine en Chef
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on thin paper; some pricking through | 18.4 x 29.9 cm (image) | RCIN 730068
The regiments are distinguished by the colour of the coats and a sepately coloured bar underneath the rectangles distinguished the country of origin: red (British); yellow (Hanoverian); blue (Hessian); orange (Dutch); dashed red (Imperial).
This order of battle gives the same information, with a few variations in spelling, as RCINs 730065-7. The order of battle is in four lines, with the artillery placed between the second and third lines and behind the fourth line. The General Officers of the First Line are General Field Marshal Bathianÿ; Generals Sommerfelt, Daun, and Palffÿ; Lieutenant-Generals Ligonier, Prince de Hess, Druchtleben, Mercÿ, Przÿkovskÿ, Philibert; Major-Generals Rodes, Wallbron, Dallwig, Hammerstein, Howard, Wolff, Zastraw, Maidell, Ahrenberg, Haller, Lillers, Sincere, Gemmingen, Puebla, Bournonville, Spada; Brigadiers Bligh, Vreden, Duglas, Borch, Block.
The General Officers of the Second Line are General Gaisrugg; Lieutenant-Generals Ligonier, Monsbach, Grüne, Hollÿ; Major-Generals Craffurd, Isenburg, Montigni, Howard, Klinckenstrom, Bourghause, Betlhem, Uÿvarÿ, Arberg, Elberfelt, Durlach, Winckelman, Rudicati; Brigadiers Adelipsen, Duglas, Spörcken.
The General Officers of the Third Line are Le Prince de Walldeck en Chef; General de Cavallerie Prince Birckenfelt; Lieutenant-Generals Coenders, Smissaert, Schwartzenberg; Major-Generals Matha, Linden, Villates, Wieth, Schack; Brigadiers Schaegen, Elias, Rode, Hoeuf d’ Oyen.
The General Officers of the Fourth Line are Lieutenant-Generals La Lippe, Aylva; Major-Generals Glinstra, Veltmann, Cannebourg; Brigadiers Vrÿbergen, Hiemstra, Grotenraÿ, Schlippenbach.
Condition: four fold lines; fold lines worn; small tear to right of central horizontal fold; top right corner cut of diagonally. Verso: surface dirt on fold lines; induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: The letters H R
Mark, stamped: 563
Condition: four fold lines; fold lines worn; small tear to right of central horizontal fold; top right corner cut of diagonally. Verso: surface dirt on fold lines; induced discolouration
18.2 x 29.6 cm (neatline)
18.4 x 29.9 cm (image)
19.7 x 31.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Battaille / De l’Armée aliiée aux païs bas Sous les Ordres de / Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc Charles de Lorraine en Chef. [top centre, inside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 10/9; [top left, black pencil:] XI/[?61]; [top right, black pencil, erased: Order of Battle].
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée Alliée aux Pais Bas sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine en 1746. MS.
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