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
Rheinweiler, 1743
Passage du Prince de Waldeck / à Rheinweiler. 4 Sept.e 1743
c.1743Pen and ink on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:17,000 approx. | RCIN 728124
This crossing point is about 44 km upstream from Breisach, where a crossing of the Rhine was attempted on the same day by Prince Charles of Lorraine. In this case the crossing by the Austrian army, commanded by Prince Waldeck, was made by boats rather than by bridge. This rough sketch shows the points of embarkation and disembarkation among the many islands in the river, as well as the French batteries. The French camps at Nievres (Niffer, Alsace, France 47°42'50"N 07°30'34"E) and Landau (Petit-Landau, Alsace, France 47°43'50"N 07°31'16"E, opposite the village of Bamlach 47°43'02"N 07°33'01"E) are marked.
This sketch, along with RCIN 728123, would have formed part of the compilation materials for Schultz's map of the operations on the Rhine at RCIN 728112.a.
This action was part of the operations in the summer following the Battle of Dettingen (27 June 1743) in which the Allied armies unsuccessfully attempted to invade France by crossing the Rhine.
Additional text: [right, down right side of map in rectangular panel, a key, a-i, k-s, to the redoubts and small defence works, camps and posts, etc:] Renvois.
Condition: four fold lines; brown discoluration to both sides.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Coat of arms with the letters R H K in an elongated oval frame below
Mark, stamped: 347
Condition: four fold lines; brown discoluration to both sides
Scale: not stated. 1:17,000 approx. but the width of the Rhine has been exaggerated.
21.8 x 26.3 cm (neatline)
22.5 x 34.5 cm (image)
23.7 x 36.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Passage du Prince de Waldeck / à Rheinweiler. 4 Sept.e 1743. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Renvois. [right, down right side of map in rectangular panel, a key, a-i, k-s, to the redoubts and small defence works, camps and posts, etc]
Annotations:
George III heading: Passage of the Rhine at Rheinweiler 4 Sept.r 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] IX/43-1; [bottom right, red pencil:] [34]; [bottom right, black pencil, partly erased:] IX/43.
George III catalogue entry:
Rhine Plan dessiné du Passage du Rhin a Rheinweiler par le Prince de Waldeck, le 4 Sept.re 1743.
Subject(s)
Rheinweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47°42'37"N 07°32'12"E)
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