War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Encampment at Aarsele, 1706
Plan / du Camp des Alliez / Commandés par son Altesse / Monseigneur Le Duc de / Marlborough / à Arseille, / depuis le 5me jusq’au 18me Juin 1706
1706 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:15,000 approx. | RCIN 725069
The encampment extends for about 7.2 km (4.4 miles) from Cannegem (Kanegem 51°00'46"N 03°24'06"E) in the north to Gotem (Gottem 50°57'51"N 03°27'50"E) in the south.
Additional text: [across bottom of map, in rectangular panels, a key, 1-113, to the named regiments:] Ordre de Battaille.
Condition: one fold line; tears to top and bottom of fold, repaired by laying down on linen; pinholes around edges. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys and Strasburg bend with the letters LVG below; countermark: indistinct, ?LV
Mark, stamped: 98
Condition: one fold line; tears to top and bottom of fold, repaired by laying down on linen; pinholes around edges. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:15,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1000 Pas Commune [55 mm =].
29.9 x 45.9 cm (neatline)
35.8 x 46.8 cm (image)
39.7 x 50.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / du Camp des Alliez / Commandés par son Altesse / Monseigneur Le Duc de / Marlborough / à Arseille, / depuis le 5me jusq’au 18me Juin 1706. [top centre]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, in rectangular panels, a key, 1-113, to the named regiments:] Ordre de Battaille.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Arseele 5-18 June 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 32; [along left edge, black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] [?] le 5-18 Juin 1706; [top left, ink, in Schultz's hand?, obscured by linen backing and only partly legible:] B.[3] Netherlands [and] 9; [centre, red pencil:] 32.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp des Alliés commandés par le Duc de Marlborough a Arseele, depuis le 5 jusqu'au 18 de Juin 1708. [The same entry appears under the heading Arseele.]
Subject(s)
Aarsele, Flanders, Belgium (50°59'47"N 03°25'10"E)
