War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
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Order of battle of Hanoverian troops at Hameln, 1741
Ordre de Bataille du Camp de Hamelln. / [under the command of] General de Cavallerie Du Pontpietin
c.1741Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 17.1 x 29.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 728049
The General Officers are Lieutenant-Generals Büsch and Sommerfeldt; Major-Generals Launay, Ilten, Drüchleben. The regimental rectangles are coloured in yellow for the infantry and red for the cavalry. Each regiment is named: Pontpietin, Adelepsen, Leib Regiment, Gardes, Camper, Drüchleben, Schülenburg, Krueg, Block, Böselager, Bothmer, Sommerfeldt, Mellevil, Bremer, Hammerstein, Büsch. The artillery is in the rear.
General Jacques de Ponpietin (1668-1756) was a Braunschweigisch-Lünebergischer general (CERL Thesaurus).
Condition: two fold lines; unevenly trimmed.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 278
Condition: two fold lines; unevenly trimmed
17.1 x 29.9 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Bataille du Camp de Hamelln. / [under the command of] General de Cavallerie Du Pontpietin
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Hameln 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Hameln Ordre de Bataille du Camp de Hameln, sous le General du Pontpietin en 1741. MS. [The same entry appears under the heading Order of Battle.]
Subject(s)
Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°06'14"N 09°21'22"E)
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