War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Brabant, 1705
Carte / d’une partie des / Lignes françoises / en Braband, / representant la / Marche de l’Armée / des Alliés pour les / forcer vis à vis de / Tirlemont, Le Mouvemen / vers la Dÿle au dessus / de Louvain et le Camp / puis apres...
1705 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:322,000 approx. | RCIN 725047
The map extends approximately from Louvain (Leuven, Flanders 50°52'46"N 04°42'03"E) in the north-west to Diest (Flanders 50°59'21"N 05°03'02"E) in the north-east, and from Namur (Walloon Region 50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E) in the south-west to Huy (Walloon Region 50°31'08"N 05°13'58"E) in the south-east.
The topographical details such as rivers and settlements have probably been taken from a printed map. The French fortified lines are shown running from north-east of Namur to north of Aarschot (Flanders 50°59'13"N 04°50'13"E), a distance of about 60 km (37 miles). The march routes of the Allied army, generally in four columns, are shown by red dashed lines.
This plan appears to have been removed from a volume of manuscript maps and plans of sieges. Other maps, perhaps in a different hand but, apparently from the same volume, are scattered throughout the collection: RCINs [724061], [724090], 725007, 725009, 725011, 725013, 725021, 725023, 725027, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Condition: no fold lines; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: remains of guard; induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 86
Condition: no fold lines; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: remains of guard; induced discolouration
Scale: 1:322,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2 heure de chemin [73 mm =].
51.3 x 34.4 cm (image and neatline)
52.8 x 36.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Carte / d’une partie des / Lignes françoises / en Braband, / representant la / Marche de l’Armée / des Alliés pour les / forcer vis à vis de / Tirlemont, Le Mouvemen / vers la Dÿle au dessus / de Louvain et le Camp / puis apres entre / Meldert et Bossuyt. [top left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Lines in Brabant forced by the Allies 18 July 1705.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, red pencil:] 1705; [top right, ink:] 75. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 4/57; [bottom left, black pencil:] V/55.
George III catalogue entry:
Brabant Carte dessinée d'une partie des Lignes Françoises en Brabant, representant la Marche de l'Armée des Alliés pour le forcer (le 18 de Juillet 1705) le mouvement vers la Dyle au dessus de Louvain et le Camp puis apres entre Meldert et Boussuyt..
Subject(s)
North Brabant, Netherlands;
Flemish Brabant Province, Flanders, Belgium;
Walloon Brabant Province, Walloon Region, Belgium
