War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Battle of Blenheim and Höchstädt, 1704
A most Exact / PLAN / of the Several Attacks / at the BATTLE / of / BLEINHEIM, / And of the Incampment / Of both Armies / Before & after the Battle
1704 or laterEtched and engraved map and order of battle, printed on the same sheet of paper as the letterpress text; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 725039
The General Officers commanding the First Line are Generals Prince of Hesse Gen.l of the Horse, Churchill; P.r of Anhalt d'Essau, P.r of Hannover Gen.l of the Horse; Lieutenant-Generals Lumley, Hompesch, D. of Würtemberg, Lord Cuts, Ingolsby, Horn, Scholzen, Prince Dourlagh; Major-Generals Wood, Aurox, Schoulenbourgh, Erbagh, Noyelles, Rantzau; Withers; P.r of Holstein Beck Herlville; Wilkins; S.t Paul; Finck; Nazemer; Count Fugger; Brigadiers Ross, Baldwin, Rantzau, Ferguson, Row, Hulsen, Wulwen, Heidenbregh, Bielck.
The officers of the Second Line are GeneralsCount de la Tour Gen.l of the Horse, His Highness the Duke of Wirtemberg Gen.l of the Horse; Lieutenant-Generals Bulou, Count of Oost Friese, L.dOrkney, Prince of Barleith, Marquis de Cusant; Major-Generals Villers, P.r of Hesse, Hombourgh, Wittinghoff, Luc, Rantzau, Palant, Bibra, Count Caraffa; Brigadiers Bottmar, Grevendorff, Brockdorff, Webb, Hulsen, Sekendorf, Berendorf, Caniz, Rebdorff.
Additional text: [below map and order of battle, letterpress text:] EXPLANATION of the REFERENCES in this PLAN.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: some foxing; bottom left: water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
None
Old heading: Plan and Order of the Battle of Blenheim 13 August 1704. Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 16; [centre, red pencil:] 16.
Scale: 1:36,000 approx. Scale bar: A Scale of 1000 Geometrical Paces [42 mm =].
47.4 x 36.1 cm (image of whole item)
top cropped, right side not visible (platemark)
38.0 x 21.2 cm (image and neatline of map)
38.3 x 14.7 cm (image and neatline of order of battle)
47.8 x 37.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
A most Exact / PLAN / of the Several Attacks / at the BATTLE / of / BLEINHEIM, / And of the Incampment / Of both Armies / Before & after the Battle. [top right, in ornate cartouche]
Printed title:
Order of Battle of the Confederate / Army, as they Marchd up to the / Enemy the 13th of August N.S. / 1704.
Printed title:
Page 149. [engraved to bottom left of order of battle, inside neatline]
Additional text:
[below map and order of battle, letterpress text:] EXPLANATION of the REFERENCES in this PLAN.
Annotations:
George III heading: Plan and Order of the Battle of Blenheim 13 August 1704.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 16; [centre, red pencil:] 16.
George III catalogue entry:
Blenheim A most exact Plan of the several attacks at the Battle of Blenheim and of the Incampment of both Armies before and after the Battle: with an Order of Battle of the Confederate Army as they marched up to the Enemy, the 13.th August N.S. 1704.
Subject(s)
Blindheim, Bavaria, Germany (48°37'53"N 10°37'11"E)
Höchstädt an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany (48°36'40"N 10°34'05"E)
