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, British and Austrian armies in Flanders 1742
ORDRE de BATAILE / de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne Commandée par Sa Majesté / le Roÿ de la Grande Bretagne en 1742
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; [no pricking through] | 36.8 x 46.2 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 728057
The General Officers of the First Line, under George II, are: Marshals Duc d'Aremberg, Comte de Neiperg, Prince George de Hesse, Comte de Stair; General du Pontpietin; Lieutenant-Generals Von Wendt, Comte de Dunmore, and Honÿwood; Major-Generals Paulÿ, Wrangell, Soubiron, de Brandt, Howard, Greffendorff, Albemarl, Ligonier; Brigadiers Hammerstein, Monroÿ, Pulteneÿ, Cronwallis, Frampton, Rothes.
The General Officers of the Second Line are: Lieutenant-Generals Sommerfeldt, Comte de Chaclos, Campbell; Major-Generals De Launeÿ, von Ilten, Prince Fridrich de Hesse, Cope, Hawleÿ; Brigadiers Montignie, Huske, Onslow, Effingham, Ponsonbeÿ. The Reserve Corps is commanded by Lietenant-General Baron de Courier.
Regimental names are given. Other copies of this order of battle, in different hands, are at RCINs 728055 and 728056.
Additional text: [bottom left, the totals of the squadrons and battalions in the first and second lines, and the reserve corps.] [Bottom right, the totals of 3- and 6-pounder cannon in the British, Austrian, Hanoverian and Hessian contingents.]
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 16.7 x 12.3 cm. Verso: ink title written on surface dirt of outside panel of fold; some foxing; some surface dirt on both sides.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: [to the left:] I HONIG [to the right:] fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 284
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 16.7 x 12.3 cm. Verso: ink title written on surface dirt of outside panel of fold; some foxing; some surface dirt on both sides
36.8 x 46.2 cm (image and neatline)
38.2 x 48.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ORDRE de BATAILE / de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne Commandée par Sa Majesté / le Roÿ de la Grande Bretagne en 1742. [top centre, in plain cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, the totals of the squadrons and battalions in the first and second lines, and the reserve corps.] [Bottom right, the totals of 3- and 6-pounder cannon in the British, Austrian, Hanoverian and Hessian contingents.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] VIII/3[?]-b; [left of centre, ink:] Militaria. / Campements.&c. / 1742.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne commandée par Sa Majesté le Roy de la Grande Bretagne en 1742. MS.
Subject(s)
Flanders [Belgium]
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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