War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Plan 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; gilt edges | Scale: not stated. 1:2,000 approx. | RCIN 726073
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 large-scale map shows the detail of the fortifications and approach trenches and the lines of fire from the Allied batteries from the two attacks made by Lieutenant-General François Nicolaas, Baron von Fagel (1645-23 February 1718).
This plan appears to have been removed from a volume 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, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-L, to the upper and lower town of Bouchain, the French works made before the siege began, French retrenchments, breaches, stone sluices, barracks and officers' lodgings, the arsenal, batteries, boilers, and French posts which had to be left before the opening of the trenches:] Bedeutung der Buchstaben.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard on verso.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Army-FranceWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below
Mark, stamped: 144
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard on verso
Scale: not stated. 1:2,000 approx.
45.2 x 70.8 cm (image and neatline)
52.7 x 74.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / VON DER VESTUNG BOUCHAIN / Welches, nach dem die Hohen Allÿrten den / 5ten August Anno 1711. in die Linien Kahmen / den 6tendito Beronneten, und die nacht von / 22ten bis 23ten Zweÿ Attaquen gegen der Ho = / hen=Stad, und den 23ten und 24ten eine gegen / der niedrigen=Stad öffneten, wo mit dan / Continuiret wurde bis den 12ten Septembr / an welchen nach mittages um 12 uhr der / Feind die Chamade schlug, und am 15ten / september als Krieges gefangener die = / Vestung verlies. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-L, to the upper and lower town of Bouchain, the French works made before the siege began, French retrenchments, breaches, stone sluices, barracks and officers' lodgings, the arsenal, batteries, boilers, and French posts which had to be left before the opening of the trenches:] Bedeutung der Buchstaben.
Annotations:
George III heading: Bouchain 7 August - 14 Sept.r 1711.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 84. (Verso) [top left, ink:] 1.; [top right, ink:] 84.; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 5/80; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased and mostly illegible:] VI/80.
George III catalogue entry:
Bouchain Plan dessiné de la Ville de Bouchain avec les attaques des Alliés 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
