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 Bouchain, 1711 (Bouchain, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°17'06"N 03°18'53"E
1711 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:27,000 approx. | RCIN 726070
The date of 6 August-13 September for the beginning of the siege and surrender of the fortress is taken from Ostwald (2007), p.343.
This rough sketch shows some of the siege works, the encampments, and the line of circumvallation around Bouchain. The text, by referring to French works as ‘nostre’, and the Allied camps and lines as those of the ‘ennemis’, indicate that this sketch was made by someone on the French side.
Additional text: [top left, a key, 1-36, to the positions of the camps, line of circumvallation, French retrenchments, places, bridges, etc.]
Condition: four fold lines; brown stains around edges from the paste used to attach the backing paper; repaired along centre fold by paper strips before being laid down.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Army-FranceCoat of arms; backing paper: IHS [with a cross on the H] I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 143
Condition: four fold lines; brown stains around edges from the paste used to attach the backing paper; repaired along centre fold by paper strips before being laid down
Scale: not stated. 1:27,000 approx.
36.7 x 24.0 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Additional text:
[top left, a key, 1-36, to the positions of the camps, line of circumvallation, French retrenchments, places, bridges, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Bouchain 7 Aug.t - 14 Sept.r 1711.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 114. (Verso) [top right, red pencil:] 101; [top left, obscured by paper backing, black pencil: some calculations]; [top right, ink, in different hand?, obscured by paper backing: 12 lines of text]; [bottom, ink, obscured by paper backing:] to be tacked upon a blank sheet; [and, bottom right, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 105 [and:] Bouchain 1711.
George III catalouge entry:
Bouchain Plan dessiné de la Ville de Bouchain avec les Lignes de Circonvalation en 1711.
Subject(s)
Bouchain, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°17'06"N 03°18'53"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Ostwald, Vauban under siege: engineering efficiency and martial vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession, Leiden 2007
