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 Furnes, 1744
PLAN / DE FURNES / ET DES ATTAQUES / de 1744 / La Tranchée fut ouverte / le 7. Juillet la Ville se / rendit au Roy le 10
1744 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:6,500 approx. | RCIN 729026
A map of the siege of Furnes (see also RCIN 729001.e) showing, coloured in yellow, the French approach works together with the number of mortars and pieces of field artillery that were placed at strategic points along the trenches. A false attack, to the south of the fortress, is shown in the inset. It followed the successful sieges of Menen on 5 June (RCIN 729001.b), which was the first obstacle to an army coming from the south, Ypres, 15-24 June (RCINs 729001.c and 729018) and Knocke which fell on 29 June (RCIN 729001.d). These three fortresses had been designed by Vauban to form an impassable wall to invaders from the south.
Inset: [right, below title and imprint, a diagram of entrenchments:] Suite de / la fausse / Attaque.
Condition: one fold line; trimmed; some foxing. Verso: bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, below title, in title panel:] Se trouve A PARIS / Chez le S.r le Rouge Ing.r / Geographe du Roy, rue des / Augustins
Watermark: Indistinct: 174[2] within a circlet of beads (chaplet)?
Condition: one fold line; trimmed; some foxing. Verso: bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:6,500 approx. Scale bar: [60 mm =] 200 Toises.
31.7 x 46.3 cm (image)
32.3 x 48.0 cm (platemark)
30.5 x 38.1 cm (neatline)
36.8 x 51.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / DE FURNES / ET DES ATTAQUES / de 1744 / La Tranchée fut ouverte / le 7. Juillet la Ville se / rendit au Roy le 10. [top right, in rectangular panel, down right side of map]
Inset:
[right, below title and imprint, a diagram of entrenchments:] Suite de / la fausse / Attaque.
Annotations:
George III heading: Furnes 7 - 10 July 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 10 [rest cropped]; [right centre, red pencil:] 38; [top, left of centre, black pencil, underlined but indistinct: a place name?].
George III catalogue entry:
Furnes Plan de la Ville de Furnes assiegée par les Francois le 7 et prise le 10 Juillet 1744; chez le Rouge.
Subject(s)
Veurne, Flanders, Belgium (51°04'20"N 02°39'44"E)
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14 March 2024
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