War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Oudenaarde and River Schelde [Scheldt], 1708 (Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium) 50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E
c.1745Pencil, pen and ink on four sheets of paper, folded to give sixteen pages of which three are blank | 30.3 x 38.6 cm (sheet; folded to 30.3 x 19.3 cm) | RCIN 726015.c
This text was written while Brückman was in camp in Lessines in June 1745 (see RCIN 726015.b).
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration to all pages.
W Brückman (active 1745) (author) [end of document:] W Brückmann.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Watermark: The coat of arms of England; countermark: the letters GR within a wreath inside a crowned circle
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration to all pages
30.3 x 38.6 cm (sheet; folded to 30.3 x 19.3 cm)
Manuscript title:
Copia / Von der Relation, an Sr: Chur: fürstlichen / Durch: meinen dahmahligen Allergnädigsten / Herrn, von der Campagne 1708. absonderlich / wegen des glücklichen übergangs, und zurück Mar,, / ches, der verschantzten Schelde.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Oudenarde 5 Nov.r 1708.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] 68.. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné de la Situation d'Oudenarde, avec le Campement de l'Armée Françoise le long de l'Escaut le 5 de Nov.re 1708: par le Capitaine Bruckman Ing.r 3 feuilles avec son detail manuscrit de la Campagne de 1708.
Subject(s)
Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E)
