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 of British, Hanoverian, Hessian and Austrian troops at Aschaffenburg, 1743
Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne en Allemagne, Commandée par Sa Majesté Le Roi de la Grande Bretangne / Aschaffenburg Le 26 Juin...
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 23.5 x 33.7 cm (sheet) | RCIN 728092
The General Officers commanding the First Line are Marshals Prince George of Hesse, Comte de Nieperg, Duc d'Aremberg, Comte Stair; Generals du Ponpietin, Prince Waldeck, Diemar, Honywood; Lieutenant-Generals Sommerfeldt, d'Ilten, Prince Wolfenbutel, Chanclos, Dunmore, Couriere, Greffendorf, Ligonier, Campbell; Major-Generals Pauli, Launy, Soubiron, de Brandt, Duke of Albemarle; Brigadiers Montignie, Zastrow, Midachten, Kleiniowstrohm, Howard, Onslow, D. Malbroug.
The General Officers commanding the Second Line are General de Wendt; Lieutenant-General Druchtleben, Prince de Salm, Hawleÿ, Cope; Major-Generals Hammerstein, Monroÿ, Prince Freel.k, Rothes, Holle; [Brigadiers] Groote, Maider, Schulenburg, Huske, Pultenaÿ.
The regimental rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (blue), Hessian (yellow), Austrian (green).
Additional text: [bottom left, a summary of the numbers of British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian squadrons and battalions of the First and Second Lines. Bottom right, a summary of the number of pieces of British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian artillery.]
Condition: four fold lines; one Brigadier's name scraped out, right of the First Line; another partial erasure in the name of the Royal Regiment.
? François Hancko (active 1743-7) (draughtsman)
Watermark: The initials HR
Mark, stamped: 320
Condition: four fold lines; one Brigadier's name scraped out, right of the First Line; another partial erasure in the name of the Royal Regiment
23.5 x 33.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne en Allemagne, Commandée par Sa Majesté Le Roi de la Grande Bretangne / Aschaffenburg Le 26 Juin 1743.
Additional text:
[bottom left, a summary of the numbers of British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian squadrons and battalions of the First and Second Lines. Bottom right, a summary of the number of pieces of British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian artillery.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Aschaffenburg 26 June 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil, cropped:] 7; [top left, black pencil, cropped:] IV [or IX].
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée Britannique et Autrichienne commandée par S.M. le Roi de la Grande Bretagne a Aschaffenburg le 26 Juin 1743. MS.
Subject(s)
Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany (49°58'26"N 09°08'57"E)
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