War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Map of the siege of Béthune, 1710 (Béthune, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°32'00"N 02°38'00"E
1710 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; gilt edges left, bottom and right | Scale: not stated. 1:5,000 approx. | RCIN 726053
This large-scale map shows the fortified walls of the town and the immediate surroundings. The date of 23 August for the capitulation of the fortress is taken from Ostwald (2007), p.343.
This map has been removed from a volume, made about 1719 or later, 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, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard; induced discolouration.Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Watermark: Crown above fleur-de-lys in shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 138
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard; induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:5,000 approx.
49.8 x 69.9 cm (image and neatline)
52.9 x 74.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / DE LA VILLE DE / BETHUNE. / que est assiegeé le 15me de Juillet par / les trouppes d'Hauts Allies et rendu / le 29me d'aoust 1710. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Bethune 15 July - 28 August 1710.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 89. (Verso) [top right, ink:] 89; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 5/65; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased and partly legible:] VI/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Bethune Plan dessiné de la Ville de Bethune, assiegée le 15 Juillet par les Hauts Alliés et rendue le 29 Aout 1710.
Subject(s)
Béthune, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°32'00"N 02°38'00"E)
