War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
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Order of battle, 1746, Low Countries
Ordre de Bataille / de l’Armée Alliès Sous les Ordres de / Son Altesse Roÿale Monseigr le Düc Charles de Lorraine / au Moÿ de September 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; pricking through | 22.2 x 39.7 cm (image) | RCIN 730069
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 RCIN 730053).
The order of battle is given in three lines. The General Officers commanding the First Line are Field Marshal Bathÿana; General de la Cavallerie et d'Infanterie Sommerfeldt, Daún, Carl Palfÿ; General Feldmarechaux Lieutenants Prince Friedrich, Drúchtleben, Kolowrath, Mercÿ, Pritzikofskÿ, Philibert; Generaux Majors Rohtes, Bentheim, Dalwig, Hammerstein, Howard, Wolff, Maÿdell, Zastrow, Arberg, Haller, Lillers, Sincere, Gemmingen, Bubla, Wallbrún, Bournonville, Spada; Brigadiers Blighs, Wrede, Block.
The General Officers of the Second Line are General de la Cavallerie et d'Infanterie Geisrück; Generaux Feldmarechaux Lieutenants Mansbach, Grüne, Holli; Generaux Majors Crafford, Isenbúrg, Montignie, Klincaústroem, Pourghaús, Bethlem, Úÿvari, Elberfeldt, Dúrlach, Winckelmann, Radicati; Brigadiers Adelepsen, Borch, Spoercken.
The General Officers of the Third Line are Feldmarechaux Lieutenants Trips, Baroniaÿ; Generaux Majors Morotz, Prince Esterhasÿ.
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 14.3 x 9.9 cm; trimmed. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt on outside fold panel.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 564
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 14.3 x 9.9 cm; trimmed. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt on outside fold panel
22.2 x 39.7 cm (image)
26.0 x 41.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Bataille / de l’Armée Alliès Sous les Ordres de / Son Altesse Roÿale Monseigr le Düc Charles de Lorraine / au Moÿ de September 1746. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle Sept.r 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XII/55; [top right, black pencil, erased: Order of battle?]; [bottom right, red pencil:] 10/64; [bottom right, black pencil:] XII/55 [or 58].
George III catalogue:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine au mois de Septembre 1746. MS.
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