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
PLAN of the Front of BERGEN OP ZOOM / Attacked, wt the Ennemy's Approaches, Paralells & / Batteries; with Intrinchments made by the Garrison / to the 6th September 1747 N:S
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 730151.n
A smaller-scale plan showing the bastions, ravelins and lunettes from the William (Guillaume) 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 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.
Additional text: [bottom centre, a key, 1-4, to the dates of:] The Mines sprung by the Ennemy / which have broke the Grand Gallery on the / Counterscarp since the last Account sent to / His Royal Highness the Duke.
Condition: eight fold lines; ink smudges and brown spots 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).
Dugal Campbell (d. 1757) (draughtsman) [bottom centre, inside neatline:] Dug: Campbell Eng.r
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, C & I HONIG below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 656
Condition: eight fold lines; ink smudges and brown spots on verso
Scale: not stated (scale)
44.6 x 57.2 cm (image and neatline)
45.9 x 48.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the Front of BERGEN OP ZOOM / Attacked, wt the Ennemy's Approaches, Paralells & / Batteries; with Intrinchments made by the Garrison / to the 6th September 1747 N:S. [top right, in irregularly-shaped panel]
Additional text:
[bottom centre, a key, 1-4, to the dates of:] The Mines sprung by the Ennemy / which have broke the Grand Gallery on the / Counterscarp since the last Account sent to / His Royal Highness the Duke.
Annotations:
George III heading: Bergen op Zoom 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 7; [bottom, right of centre, beneath old heading numbers, black pencil:] VII/43; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XIII/60-k.
George III catalogue entry:
Bergen op Zoom A drawn Plan of the front of Bergen op Zoom attacked, with the Enemy's approaches, parallels and batteries, and the Intrenchments made by the Garrison to the 6.th of September 1747; by Dug. Campbell Eng.r
Subject(s)
Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E)
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