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
Siege of Bergen op Zoom
c.1747Pen, brown and black ink on two pieces of thin paper, joined | Scale: not stated. 1:2,100 approx. | RCIN 730151.o
A smaller-scale plan showing the bastions, ravelins and lunettes from the King William Bastion 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 attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds. There is no key to the numbers on the plan which appear to relate to sprung mines.
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: twelve fold lines.
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).
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Horn in crowned shield, a bell with three small circles and C & I HONIG below; countermark: HR
Mark, stamped: 657
Condition: twelve fold lines
Scale: not stated. 1:2,100 approx.
44.0 x 62.6 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, in Schultz's or Mason's hand, encircled]: 4; [bottom, right of centre, beneath old heading numbers, black pencil:] VII/43 [and] XIII/60-m; [top centre, black pencil, erased:] Bergen op Zoom.
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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