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
Plan of Bergen op Zoom, 1747 (Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two thin pieces of paper, joined | Scale: not stated. 1:2,100 approx. | RCIN 730151.q
A smaller-scale plan showing the bastions, ravelins and lunettes from the Wouw Ravelin in the south-east as far as the Belvedere Bastion and Schlick battery in the south-west. Includes the outer French trenches and batteries.
The town of Bergen op Zoom, fortified by Baron Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704; Dutch military engineer) and garrisoned under the command of General Isaac Cronström (1661-1752; a Swedish officer serving as General in Chief of the Dutch army), was besieged by the French army under the command of General Count Ulrich Löwendahl (1700-55; a German-born Danish officer serving in the French army), from 14 July to 18 September, when the fortified town was taken by the French.
Condition: five fold lines; creased.
One of a collection of 24 plans and sketches of the fortifications of Bergen op Zoom, showing various stages of the siege of 1747, by James Abercrombie, Charles Bisset, Dugal Campbell, and J.P. Isenbart and other anonymous draughtsmen. See RCINs 730151.a-x (j and v not included).
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Horn in crowned shield, a bell with three small circles and C & I HONIG below
Mark, stamped: 659
Condition: five fold lines; creased
Scale: not stated. 1:2,100 approx.
44.2 x 59.0 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Bergen op Zoom 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, partly encircled, [in Schultz’s or Mason’s hand]:] 16; [bottom, right of centre, beneath old heading numbers, black pencil:] VII/43 [and] XIII/60-[u].
George III catalogue entry:
Bergen op Zoom Drawn Sketch of the attacks of Bergen op Zoom.
Subject(s)
Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E)
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