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, Low Countries
Ordre de Battaille avec toute les uniformes / de l’Armeé Alliée aux Pais Bas Sous les Ordres de S: A: Roÿale Monseigneur le Duc Charles de Loraine en Chef
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink, watercolour with touches of silver and gold; laid down on linen | 45.7 x 65.1 cm (image) | RCIN 730065
An order of battle of the Allied army under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine, 1746. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).
The order of battle is in five lines, with the artillery placed between the second and third lines. The General Officers of the First Line are General Field Marshal Bathianÿ; Generals Sommerfeld, Daun, and Palffÿ; Lieutenant-Generals Ligonier, Prince de Hesse, Druchtleben, Kollowrath, Alercÿ, Brzÿkovskÿ, Philiberth; Major-Generals Rothes, Walbrun, Dalwig. Hamerstein, Howard, Wolff, Zastraw, Maidell, Aremberg, Haller, Lillers, Sincere, Gemming, Boubla, Bournonville, Spada; Brigadiers Bligh, Wreden, Borch, Block.
The General Officers of the Second Line are General Gaisrugg; Lieutenant-Generals Ligonier, Monsbach, Grune, Hollÿ; Major-Generals Craffurd, Isenburg, Montignÿ, Klinckonstrom, Burghausen, Betlehem, Uÿvarÿ, Arberg, Elberfeld, Durlach, Winckelman, Rudicatÿ; Brigadiers Adelepsen, Douglas, Spörcken.
The General Officers of the Third Line are Le Prince de Waldeck en Chef; General de Cavallerie Prince Birckenfeldt; Lieutenant-Generals Coenders, Smissart, Schwartzenberg; Major-Generals Matha, Lindman, Willat, Wued, Schach; Brigadiers Schagen, Elias, Rhode, von Hekeren, Hoenft.
The General Officers of the Fourth Line are Lieutenant-Generals La Lippe, Aylva; Major-Generals Clinstra, Veldman, Camienbourg; Brigadiers Vrÿbergen, Hiemstra, Grotenraj, Schlippenbach.
The General Officers of the Fifth Line are Lieutenant-Generals Trips and Baronaÿ; Major-Generals Prince Esterhazÿ and Moroz.
The regiments are named and the regimental rectangles are coloured to reflect the colours of the different parts of the uniform: jacket, facings and buttons, and sashes. The nationalities were distinguished by the colour of their sashes: Austrians (green and gold), British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Hessian (red and silver), Dutch (orange).
François Hancko (active 1741-8) (draughtsman) [bottom left, outside neatline:] Fait par Hancko Ingenieur.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below, and C & I HONIG below the letters; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 560
Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt; ink smudges; some foxing. Verso: foxing
44.5 x 63.9 cm (neatline)
45.7 x 65.1 cm (image)
46.0 x 65.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Battaille avec toute les uniformes / de l’Armeé [sic] Alliée aux Pais Bas Sous les Ordres de S: A: Roÿale Monseigneur le Duc Charles de Loraine en Chef. [top centre, inside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 61. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 37; [top, right of centre, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Order of Battle; [top right, black pencil:] 61; [top right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] 6[7?] C; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, obscured by white paper strip, illegible.]
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille avec tous les Uniformes de l’Armée Alliée aux Pais Bas sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine en 1746: par Hancko Ing.r MS.
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