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 troops in Ghent, 1745
Order of Battle of the British Troops in Garrison at Ghent 1744/5 / [under the command of] Lieu.t Gen.l Hawley
1745 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on paper | 19.3 x 25.0 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 729068
The attribution to Hawley is made solely on the grounds of the annotation on the item and the entry in the old catalogue.
The commanding officers under Hawley are Colonel Braddock; Lieutenant-Colonel Keightly, Brigadier Ingolsby, Major Boggest, Lieutenant-Colonels Wayte, Rich, Corbett, Naizon, Gray, Legard, Lord Manners, Waldgrave, Gumley.
The regiments in the First Line are: Foot Guards, Royal Dragoons, Grenadier Foot Guards, Royal Dragoons, Grenadier Foot Guards, Kings Own Regiment of Dragoons, Grenadiers Welsh Fuziliers, King's Own Regiment Dragoons, Foot Guards, Stairs Dragoons, Sowle, Pulteney, Stairs Dragoons, Barrell, Onslow, Lieutenant-General Howard, Rich's Dragoons, Grenadiers (Handasyde), Rich's Dragoons, Grenadiers (M.Gl Howard), North British Dragoons, Grenadiers (Onslow's), North British Dragoons, Grenadiers (Barrell), Grenadiers (Lt-Genl Howard).
The Second Line comprises five squadrons of dragoons and four battalions of foot under Tullikens, Forbes, Elrington, Whitford, Phillips, Legard and Abbot.
Condition: no fold lines; some discolouration from the paste.
? Henry Hawley (1679-1759) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Map: none visible. Backing paper: fleur-de-lys in shield, suspended by a ‘4’, the letters L V G below.
Mark, stamped: 410
Condition: no fold lines; some discolouration from the paste
19.3 x 25.0 cm (image and neatline)
20.8 x 26.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Order of Battle of the British Troops in Garrison at Ghent 1744/5 / [under the command of] Lieu.t Gen.l Hawley.
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Ghent 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, eighteenth-, or nineteenth-century hand:] by LG Hawley. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the letter f?].
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Order of Battle of the British Troops in Garrison at Ghent, under the command of Lieut. Gen.l Hawley in 1744/5: by Lieut. Gen.l Hawley. [The same entry appears under the heading Ghent.]
Subject(s)
Ghent, Flanders, Belgium (51°03'00"N 03°43'00"E)
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