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 Imperial army on the Rhine, 1744
Ordre de Battaille / De l'Armée de sa Majeste la Reine d'Hongrie et de Boheme sur le Rhine 1744. / [under the command of] General en Chef S.A. Serne le Prince Charle de Lorraine
1744 or laterPen and ink on paper | 18.0 x 22.7 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 729028
This order of battle is drawn up as a list of names in three rows according to the two lines of battle and the reserve corps, and gives the same names as RCIN 729027. In addition, it gives the numbers of the squadrons and battalions for each regiment. The size of the item when folded suggests that it may have been sent in dispatches.
Condition: eight fold lines; formerly folded to 9.0 x 4.2 cm; worn along folds; torn along central fold.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 373
Condition: eight fold lines; formerly folded to 9.0 x 4.2 cm; worn along folds; torn along central fold
18.0 x 22.7 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Battaille / De l'Armée de sa Majeste la Reine d'Hongrie et de Boheme sur le Rhine 1744. / [under the command of] General en Chef S.A. Serne le Prince Charle de Lorraine.
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 8/13; [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] Order of Battle Hungary.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée de S.M. la Reine d'Hongrie et de Boheme commandée par le Prince Charles de Lorraine sur le Rhin, 1744. MS.
Subject(s)
Germany
Rhine River
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