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 army at Flanders, 1742
16,000 Brittish Troops in one line of Battle. Flanders. 1742. /
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | 32.6 x 51.5 cm (image) | RCIN 728054
The General Officers under Marshal the Earl of Stair are Lieutenant-Generals Campbell, the Earl of Dunmore, and Honywood; Major-Generals Ligonier, Cope, Howard, Earl of Albemarle and Hawley. Regiments are named. The regimental rectangles are coloured according to the colours of the coats and facings.
The squadrons, dragoons and battalions are: Hawley, Honeywood, Cadogan, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Troops Horse Guards, Hertford; 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions Foot Guards, Howard, Cornwallis, Pulteney Campbell, Handasyd, Johnson, Ponsonby, Huske, Peers, Bligth, Duroure, Onslow; Ligonier, Pembroke, Cope, Rich, Campbell.
Condition: one fold line; torn along fold. Verso: a band of surface dirt along left side, perhaps the leading edge of the formerly rolled item; bottom, right of centre, a lighter patch, and image ghosting, from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 281
Condition: one fold line; torn along fold. Verso: a band of surface dirt along left side, perhaps the leading edge of the formerly rolled item; bottom, right of centre, a lighter patch, and image ghosting, from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
32.3 x 51.1 cm (neatline)
32.6 x 51.5 cm (image)
34.0 x 52.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
16,000 Brittish Troops in one line of Battle. Flanders. 1742. / [under the command of] Earl Stair. [top]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 2. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1742; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 2; [right of centre, red pencil:] 2; [right of centre, red pencil:] 7/37.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Order of Battle of 16,000 British Troops under the Earl of Stair, in one line, Flanders, 1742. MS.
Subject(s)
Flanders [Belgium]
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