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 on the Rhine, 1745
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 19.2 x 24.6 cm (image) | RCIN 729069
The General Officers of the First Line are Lieutenant-Generals: Schmissart, Sommerfeldt, Salm, Chanclos, Couriere; Major-Generals Peziowskÿ, Mattha, Maider, Soubiron, Ariosti, Lannoÿ, Hammerstein; Brigadier Rode v. Heckeren.
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant-Generals Druchtleben, Geisrück; Major-Generals Constant, Klinckauströhm, Grote; Brigadier Maÿdell. The Corps de Reserve is commanded by Lieutenant-General Baronaÿ.
The regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to the jackets and facings of the regiments.
Additional text: [bottom left, a summary of the numbers of Austrian, Hanoverian and Dutch squadrons and battalions:] RENVOŸ [bottom right, a summary of the Austrian, Hanoverian and Dutch Artillery: cannon and howitzers, and pontoons.]
Condition: three fold lines; creased. Verso: surface dirt along fold lines.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 411
Condition: three fold lines; creased. Verso: surface dirt along fold lines
19.2 x 24.6 cm (image)
21.0 x 26.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ORDRE DE BATAILLE / De l'Armée des Hautes Alliées sur le Rhin / 1745. / Commandé par son A.S.M. le Duc d'Arenberg.
Additional text:
RENVOŸ [bottom left, a summary of the numbers of Austrian, Hanoverian and Dutch squadrons and battalions]; [bottom right, a summary of the Austrian, Hanoverian and Dutch Artillery: cannon and howitzers, and pontoons.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] X/74-2. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] X/74-2; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée des Hauts Alliés sur le Rhin sous le Duc d'Arenberg 1745. MS. [The same entry appears under the heading Rhine.]
Subject(s)
Rhine River
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