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 Cambron, 1706
Plan du Camp des Alliez / Commandez par son Al- / tesse Le Duc de Marl- / borough à Cambron, depuis / le 13.me jusqu’au 26.me Octo.re 1706
1706 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:18,000 approx. | RCIN 725088
The encampment extends in a more or less straight alignment, deployed in two lines of order of battle, between Chièvres (50°35'16"N 03°48'25"E) in the north, running east of Bauffe (50°34'11"N 03°51'12"E), and ending at Lens (50°33'25"N 03°53'58"E).
Additional text: [across bottom of map, a key, 1-149, to the named regiments marked on the map:] Ordre / de Battaille.
Condition: two fold lines; old weaknesses along the folds repaired with paper strips pasted to the verso before being laid down on linen; pin holes around edges; surface dirt; brown stains. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 112
Condition: two fold lines; old weaknesses along the folds repaired with paper strips pasted to the verso before being laid down on linen; pin holes around edges; surface dirt; brown stains. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:18,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle [sic] de 1500 Pas Commune [67 mm =].
29.8 x 44.9 cm (neatline)
35.7 x 45.7 cm (image)
39.1 x 51.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du Camp des Alliez / Commandez par son Al- / tesse Le Duc de Marl- / borough à Cambron, depuis / le 13.me jusqu’au 26.me Octo.re 1706. [top centre]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, a key, 1-149, to the named regiments marked on the map:] Ordre / de Battaille.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Cambron 13 - 26 Oct. 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, ink:] 3; [top centre, black pencil, indistinct:] 7 [?nov]. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 43; [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by linen:] Cambron le 26 Oct. 1706; [top left, ink, in Schultz's hand?, obscured by linen:] Netherlands 14; [centre, red pencil:] 43.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp des Alliés commandés par le Duc de Marlborough a Cambron, depuis le 13 jusqu'au 26 d'Octobre 1706. [The same entry appears under the heading Cambron]
Subject(s)
Cambron-Casteau, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°35'27"N 03°52'56"E)
