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
Sketch of encampment near Berleghem, 1744 (Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium) 50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:17,300 approx. | RCIN 729024
Lines of observation are drawn from the corner of a regimental rectangle representing a squadron of horse [it is larger than those representing infantry regiments], possibly Honywood's. Sir Philip Honywood K.B. was Colonel the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from 18 April 1743 to 8 July 1752 (Leslie 1974, p.8). The layout of the regimental rectangles, when compared with other maps of the encampment of the Allied army, indicate that this sketch covers the disposition of the British troops. The face of the map is covered with numbered squares which would have been used for copying the detail to another sheet. A larger pencilled rectangle may indicate the sheetlines of the finished map.
For further reading, see:
N.B. Leslie, The succession of Colonels of the British army from 1660 to the present day, London, 1974.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt along fold; edges trimmed; ink stains and smudges.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GBMark, stamped: 369
Scale: not stated. 1:17,300 approx.
51.6 x 72.8 cm (image and sheet)
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt along fold; edges trimmed; ink stains and smudges
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
Encampment at Berleghem 22 June - 31 July 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, in a modern hand:] screen 1 sec [was this to do with the microfilming or fiche exercise?].
George III catalogue entry:
Berleghem An unfinished Sketch of part of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Berleghem near Oudenarde from the 22.nd of June to the 31.st of July 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
N.B. Leslie, The succession of Colonels of the British army from 1660 to the present day, London, 1974
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