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Order of battle of Hanoverian troops at Brussels, 1742
L'Ordre de Bataille d'une Partie des Trouppes Allemande de Sa Majesté / Britanique. formé le 26me 8bre 1742. près de Brüssell
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 16.9 x 29.1 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 728075
The order of battle is in one line. General Officers are: Lieutenant-Generals de Wendt and Sommerfeldt; Major-Generals de Launay, d'Ilten, de Soubiron, de Wrangell; Brigadiers de Montignie, de Monroy and de Hammerstein. Regimental rectangles are coloured according to the uniforms. The artillery in the rear is commanded by Colonel Brückman and Major Knoop.
Additional text: [bottom, a list of the names of the Majors and Lieutenant-Colonels:] ETAT MAJOR.
Condition: some brown staining. Verso: ink smudges; pricking through.
Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (draughtsman) [top, right of title, in title panel:] G.J. du Plat.
Watermark: Cropped: [?IV]
Mark, stamped: 305
Condition: some brown staining. Verso: ink smudges; pricking through
16.9 x 29.1 cm (image and neatline)
19.1 x 31.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
L'Ordre de Bataille d'une Partie des Trouppes Allemande de Sa Majesté / Britanique. formé le 26me 8bre 1742. près de Brüssell. [top, in rectangular panel decorated with rococo design at each end]
Manuscript title:
General en Cheff. Du Pontpietin [outside title panel]
Additional text:
ETAT MAJOR. [bottom, a list of the names of the Majors and Lieutenant-Colonels]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle near Brussels 26 Oct.r 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 7/48-3; [top left, black pencil, erased:] VIII/73; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Brussels L'Ordre de Bataille d'une partie des Trouppes Allemandes de S.M. Britannique sous le General du Pontpietin, formé le 26 Octobre 1742, pres de Bruxelles: par G.J. du Plat. MS.
Subject(s)
Brussels, Belgium (50°51'01"N 04°20'55"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie Bd. 26, Leipzig, 1888, pp. 414-416: Jacques d'Amproux du Pontpietin
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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