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, 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:2,200 approx. | RCIN 730151.u
The plan shows, in red, the damage to the Pucelle and Coehoorn bastions by the French batteries. The retrenchments within the bastions, made by the garrison at Bergen op Zoom, are drawn in yellow and black.
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: three fold lines, surface dirt on verso.
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)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 663
Condition: three fold lines, surface dirt on verso
Scale: not stated. 1:2,200 approx.
11.5 x 18.6 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Bergen op Zoom 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, partly encircled, twice:] 25. (Verso) [right, ink, twice:] Plan de l['] attaque; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] VII/43 [and, partly legible:] XIII/60[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Bergen op Zoom A small drawn Sketch of the attacks of Bergen op Zoom in 1747.
Subject(s)
Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E)
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