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 Roeselare, 1706
Campement des Alliez Commandes / par son Altesse Monseigneur Le / Duc de Marleborough á / Rousselaer, le 19me Juin 1706
1706 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:18,000 approx. | RCIN 725075
The encampment is shown extending from Hoghleed (Hooglede 50°59'00"N 03°05'00"E) in the north to the area between Roeselare and Beverin (Beveren 50°58'21"N 03°08'38"E) to the south. The southern (left) edge of the map is marked by the village of Rumbeek (Rumbeke 50°55'56"N 03°10'01"E).
Additional text: [across bottom of map, a list of named regiments, numbered according to their position on the map, 1-97:] Ordre / de Battaille.
Condition: one fold line; pin holes through body of map and along edges. Verso: induced discolouration; some foxing; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters LVG below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 103
Condition: one fold line; pin holes through body of map and along edges. Verso: induced discolouration; some foxing; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:18,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1500 Pas Commune. [67 mm =].
29.7 x 45.3 cm (neatline)
35.1 x 46.1 cm (image)
39.3 x 50.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement des Alliez Commandes / par son Altesse Monseigneur Le / Duc de Marleborough á / Rousselaer, le 19me Juin 1706. [top centre]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, a list of named regiments, numbered according to their position on the map, 1-97:] Ordre / de Battaille.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Rousselaer 19 June 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 33; [bottom left, black pencil or ink, obscured by linen:] Rousselaer le 17 Juin 1706; [top left, ink, crossed out, obscured by linen:] B.a. 10; [top left, ink, obscured by linen, in Schultz's hand?]: Netherlands; [centre, red pencil:] 33.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Campement des Alliés commandés par le Duc de Marlborough a Rousselaer, le 19 Juin 1706. [The same entry appears under the heading Rousselaer.]
Subject(s)
Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium (50°56'47"N 03°07'21"E)
