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 the allied army at Villers, near Namur, 1746 (Villers-lez-Heest, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°31'48"N 04°50'44"E; (Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on vellum | 13.1 x 27.1 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 730060
The draughtsman of this order of battle, John Anderson, was a serjeant in Lord George Beauclerk's Regiment of Foot, which was the 19th, subsequently the Green Howards and Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment. Lieutenant-General Lord George Beauclerk was the colonel of the regiment from 15 March 1748 to 25 May 1768. (Leslie 1974, p.61.)
The order of battle is in three lines with the artillery placed between the second and third lines. The regimental rectangles are coloured according to the coat colours. The General Officers of the First Line, under Charles of Lorraine and Marshals the Prince of Waldeck and Count Bathiany, are Generals the Prince of Birckenfeld, Sommerfeldt, Count Daun, and Count Palffy; Lieutenant-Generals Coenders, Schwartzenberg, Smissaert, Druchtleben, Prince Frederic, Ligonier, Mercy, Holly; Major-Generals Schaack, Matha, Constant, Veldtman, Maydell, Zastrow, Wolffe, Bethlen, Lillers, Elverfeld, Puebla, Hammerstein, Dalwigh, Earl Rothes, Winckelman, Radicatti; Brigadiers Hoeuft, Schagen, Rheden, Rode, Grotenrai, Block, Wreden, Bligh.
The General Officers of the Second Line are General Gaisruck; Lieutenant-Generals Aylva, La Lippe, Mansbach, Grüne, Pyzykousky; Major-Generals Hompesch, Cannenburg, Villates, Glinstra, Klinckowstrom, Howard, Wied, Uivary, Sincere, Prince Durlach, Montigni, Comte d'Yssenburg, Craufurd, Walbrun, Bournonvile; Brigadiers Schlippenbach, Vrybergen, Burmania, Hiemstra, Borch, Sporcken, Douglas, Adelepsen.
The General Officers of the Third Line are General the Prince of Wolffenbuttel; Lieutenant-Generals Trips, Philibert, Kollowrath, Barronyai; Major-Generals Moroz, Spada, Bourghausen, Haller, D'Arberg, Gemingen, Bentheim, Prince of Esterhazy. Baron Trenck is in the rear with Trencks Pandours.
Additional text: [bottom left, a summary of the numbers of the Imperial, British, Hanoverian, Hessian and Dutch squadrons and battalions in the first and second lines, and the Corps de Reserve:] Abstract of the Whole Army [bottom right, a summary of the numbers of Imperial, English, Hanoverian, Hessian and Dutch 3-, 6-, 10-, and 12-pounder canon, howitzers and pontoons, together with the numbers of General Officers of each nation.]
Condition: no fold lines.
John Anderson (active 1747-8) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] John Anderson Serjt. in The Right Hon:ble Colonel / Lord George Beauclerck’s Regiment of Foot.
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-GBArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Not applicable
Mark, stamped: 554
Condition: no fold lines
13.1 x 27.1 cm (image and neatline)
15.5 x 28.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ORDER of BATTLE of the ALLIED ARMY in Viller Camp near NAMURE 5.th August 1746 / [under the command of] PRINCE CHARLES OF LORRAIN. [top, inside neatline]
Additional text:
[bottom left, a summary of the numbers of the Imperial, British, Hanoverian, Hessian and Dutch squadrons and battalions in the first and second lines, and the Corps de Reserve:] Abstract of the Whole Army [bottom right, a summary of the numbers of Imperial, English, Hanoverian, Hessian and Dutch 3-, 6-, 10-, and 12-pounder canon, howitzers and pontoons, together with the numbers of General Officers of each nation.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Villers 5 Aug.t 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] VI/38. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] XII/[50]; [right, black pencil:] 1746.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Order of Battle of the Allied Army under Prince Charles of Lorraine in Villers Camp near Namur 5.th August 1746: by Serj.t John Anderson. drawn on vellum. [The same entry appears under the heading Villers.]
Subject(s)
Villers-lez-Heest (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°31'48"N 04°50'44"E
Namur (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E
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