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, 1748, Allied armyOrder of battle, 1748, Allied army
ORDRE de BATAILLE de l’Aile Gauche de l’Armée des HAUTS-ALLIEZ, Commandée par Son Altesse Royale / Monseigneur Le DUC de CUMBERLAND, / Le 1.r Juin 1748
c.1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; pricking through | 25.4 x 51.5 cm (image) | RCIN 731031
The General Officers of the First Line are Generals Sommerfeld, Legonier; Lieutenant-Generals Hammerstein, Zastrow, Druchtleben, Both, Huske, Albermarle, Hawley; Major-Generals Wrede, Borck, Block, Torington, Powlet, Bligh.
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant-Generals Montigny, Klinckostroom, Howard, Crawford; Major-Generals Adlepsen, Spörke, Stammer, Fowkes.
The positions of the cannon, between the battalions, in both lines are indicated. All regiments are named, and the regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to the uniform.
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt to right edge. Verso: surface dirt to left edge.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
I VILLEDARY; fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters VDL below
Mark, stamped: 743
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt to right edge. Verso: surface dirt to left edge
25.4 x 51.5 cm (image)
33.5 x 52.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ORDRE de BATAILLE de l’Aile Gauche de l’Armée des HAUTS-ALLIEZ, Commandée par Son Altesse Royale / Monseigneur Le DUC de CUMBERLAND, / Le 1.r Juin 1748. [top]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1 June 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, possibly in the hand of Mason, Cumberland's librarian:] 124. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] VII/58. [top left, black pencil, written over the first inscription, also erased:] XIV/37- a; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Aile gauche de l’Armée des Hauts Alliés commandée par le Duc de Cumberland, le 1 Juin 1748. MS.
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