War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
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Order of battle, British and Austrian armies in Flanders 1742
Ordre de Bataille de L'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne en Flandres Commandée par sa Maj:té Le Roi de la Grande Bretagne 1742
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | 36.5 x 46.9 cm (image) | RCIN 728055
The General Officers of the First Line, under George II, are Marshals Duc D'Aremberg, Comte de Neiperg, Prince de Hesse, Comte de Stair; General de Pontpietin; Lieutenant-Generals Von Wendt, Comte de Dunmore, and Honeywood; Major-Generals Pauli, Wrangle, Soubiron, De Brandt, Howard, Greffendorf, Albemarle, Ligonier; Brigadiers Hammerstein, Monroy, Pulteney, Cornwallis, Frampton, Rothes.
The General Officers of the Second Line are: Lieutenant-Generals Sommerfeldt, Comte de Chaclos, Campbell; Major-Generals De Launay, Van Ilten, Prince Frederick de Hesse, Cope, Hawley; Brigadiers Montignie, Huske, Onslow, Effingham, Ponsonby. The Reserve Corps is commanded by Lietenant-General de Baron de Courriere.
Regimental names are given. The horse/dragoon and infantry rectangles are coloured according to nationality. British (red); Austrians and Hanoverians (green); Hessians (yellow). Other copies of this order of battle, in different hands, are at RCINs 728056 and 728057.
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: six fold lines; formerly folded to 11.7 x 9.5 cm; small tear, bottom centre.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Horn in shield under crown, suspending a ‘4’ above initials GR which themselves are above the initials HS; countermark HR
Mark, stamped: 282
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 11.7 x 9.5 cm; small tear, bottom centre
36.5 x 46.3 cm (neatline)
36.5 x 46.9 cm (image)
38.2 x 48.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Bataille de L'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne en Flandres Commandée par sa Maj:té Le Roi de la Grande Bretagne 1742 [top]
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:] VIII/54-a; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 7/36.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne en Flandres commandée par S.M. le Roi de la Grande Bretagne, 1742. MS.
Subject(s)
Flanders [Belgium]
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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