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 Oudenaarde, 1745
ATTAQUES ET PLAN D'OUDENARDE
published 1745Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:6,600 approx. | RCIN 729144
The succesful French siege of Oudenaarde followed on from the French taking Tournai after the Battle of Fontenoy, and then Ath and Ghent. This map shows the French approach parallels (coloured in yellow), batteries and lines of fire.
Additional text: [top right, in rectangular panel, a key, 1-10 to the names of the demi lunes and lunettes of the fortifications of Oudenaarde.]
Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: top left, 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, following on from title:] A Paris Chés Le S.r Le Rouge Géographe du Roy rue des Augustins vis à vis le Panier Fleuri 1745.
Watermark: Chaplet
Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: top left, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:6,600 approx. Scale Bar: Echelle [59 mm =] 200 Toises.
29.4 x 47.4 cm (image)
29.2 x 48.9 cm (platemark)
27.3 x 47.1 cm (neatline)
33.0 x 52.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
ATTAQUES ET PLAN D'OUDENARDE, [top, outside border]
Additional text:
[top right, in rectangular panel, a key, 1-10 to the names of the demi lunes and lunettes of the fortifications of Oudenaarde.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Oudenarde 18 - 21 July 1745.
Other inscriptions: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 55. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 29; [top right, black pencil:] 55.; [centre, red pencil:] 29.
George III catalogue entry:
Oudenarde Plan de la Ville et des Attaques d'Oudenarde, assiegée par les Francois le 18 et prise le 21 Juillet 1745: chez le Rouge, 1745.
Subject(s)
Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E)
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