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 in Flanders, 1745
Ordre de Battaille de l'Armée Alliée en Flandres le 13.me Juin Anno 1745. / [under the command of] S.A.R. Le Duc de Cumberland
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | 36.7 x 44.9 cm (image) | RCIN 729118
This order of battle does not obviously reflect the loss of over 7,000 men at Fontenoy. The General Officers serving under Cumberland, Marshal Konigseg and Prince de Valdeck are, in the First Line, Generals Ginkell, Cromstrom, and Dunmore; Lieutenant-Generals Coenders Vanderduyn, Aylva, Ilten, Ligonier, and Hawley; Major-Generals Schach, Hompesch, Rumpf, Zoute, Villates, Howard, Albemarle, Lawney, and Onslow; Brigadiers Schlippenbach, Schagen, Sturler, Elias, Boselager, Ingolsby, Churchill and Crawford.
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant-Generals Prince Hesse, Philipsthal, Schwartzenbourg, and La Lippe; Major-Generals Sandouville, Canebourg, Veldman, Lindman, Zastrow, Campbell, Pultney, S.t Clair, Montigny, Bland and Rothess; Brigadiers Vrybergen, Halcket, Burmania and Skelton. The reserve corps are commanded by Lieutenant-General Molch and Major-General Forgatch.
The regimental rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Dutch (blue) and Austrian (green).
Additional text: [bottom left, a summary of the total numbers of British, Hanoverian and Dutch squadrons and battalions.] [Bottom right, a summary of the total numbers of British, Hanoverian and Dutch 3-, 4- and 6-pounder cannons, pontoons and howitzers].
Condition: four fold lines. Verso: surface dirt along crease lines consistent with the map having been rolled; trimmed to edge of image; surface dirt on outside fold panels; old repair along central vertical fold line with a strip of white paper.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Horn in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the name L V GERREVINK below
Mark, stamped: 454
Condition: four fold lines. Verso: surface dirt along crease lines consistent with the map having been rolled; trimmed to edge of image; surface dirt on outside fold panels; old repair along central vertical fold line with a strip of white paper
34.0 x 42.1 cm (neatline)
36.7 x 44.9 cm (image)
36.8 x 44.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Battaille de l'Armée Alliée en Flandres le 13.me Juin Anno 1745. / [under the command of] S.A.R. Le Duc de Cumberland.
Additional text:
[bottom left, a summary of the total numbers of British, Hanoverian and Dutch squadrons and battalions.] [Bottom right, a summary of the total numbers of British, Hanoverian and Dutch 3-, 4- and 6-pounder cannons, pontoons and howitzers].
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 13 June 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 9/46; [bottom left, black pencil:] X/7[?]; [on outside fold panel, ink, in same hand as recto:] Ordre de Battaille de l'Armée / Allièe [sic] en Flandres 1745 [in a different hand, ink:] N. 15 / in the D. of Cumberland's of the / 13.t June N.S. 1745.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée Alliée en Flandres sous le Duc de Cumberland le 13 Juin 1745. MS.
Subject(s)
Flanders [Belgium]
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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