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, Hellenrouck, Low Countries
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on card | 17.6 x 29.7 cm (image) | RCIN 731017
The regimental rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red and yellow); Austrian (red and white); Hanoverian (blue and white).
The General Officers of the First Line are Generals Ligonier, Sommerfeld, Daun, Chanclos, Carl Palfÿ; Lieutenant-Generals Hawleÿ, Hamerstein, Albermale, Klingoustroem, Collowrath, Grünne, Phillibert; Major-Generals Bligh, Vreden, Powlet, Torington, Block, Borch, Uÿvari, Sinzer, Wallbrun, Burnevill, Bouckov, Spada.
The General Officers of the Second Line are General Gaÿseruck; Lieutenant-Generals Montignie, Huske, Druchtleben, Zastrow, Luzanj, Hollj; Major-Generals Bligh, Adelepsen, Fowke, Mordant, Spoercken, Burghausen, Arberg, Winckelman, Radicati, Spada.
Condition: one fold line; ink smudges.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 729
Condition: one fold line; ink smudges
16.7 x 29.4 cm (neatline)
17.6 x 29.7 cm (image)
23.2 x 35.0 cm (mount)
20.6 x 32.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ORDRE DE BATTAILLE, De l’Armèe des Haùtes Alliés, dans le Pais=bas. ce 25. de Avril. 1748. [top]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Hellenrouck 25 April 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 12/18. [bottom right, black pencil:] XIV/18.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée des Hauts Alliés commandée par le Duc de Cumberland a Hellenrouck dans le Pais Bas le 25 Avril 1748. MS. [The same entry appears under the heading Hellenrouck.]
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