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Siege of Ath, 1706
PLAN D'ATH / Avec les Attaques et le Blocus des / Allies / du deux d’Octobre 1706
published 1745Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:22,000 approx. | RCIN 725086
The perimeter of the map is marked by numerous estates (‘censes’), and the line of circumvallation passes through or near the following settlements Maffle (50°37'04"N 03°48'11"E), Arbre (50°36'37"N 03°48'54"E), Tongre S.t Martin (Tongre-Saint-Martin 50°35'11"N 03°47'25"E), Vilé St Aimant (Villers-Saint-Amand 50°37'21"N 03°43'53"E), Boveny (Bouvignies 50°38'46"N 03°45'56"E), Herbaix (Rebaix 50°39'35"N 03°46'59"E).
The Allied army, commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-60), camped at Ath in May 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). This map was probably published following the French attacks of 1745, after their success at the Battle of Fontenoy, and perhaps acquired by Cumberland soon after publication.
Additional text: [top left, above imprint, in rectangular panel:] ATH Place forte dans le Comté de / Hainaut a 50. deg. 25. min. de Latitude / et 21. degrez 29. min. de Longitude / sur la Riviere de Dendre. [bottom right, below title, a key, a-i, k-u, x to the names of the bastions and demi-lunes, gates of the town, advanced siegeworks and the old castle:] Renvoy.
Condition: one fold line; trimmed. Verso: surface dirt along left edge; top left, water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer)
Le Rouge: Rue des Grands Augustins, Paris (George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4)) (publisher) [top left, in rectangular panel:] APARIS / Par et chez le Sr. LE ROUGE Ingenieur Geog. / du ROY rue des Gd.s Augustins vis-a vis le / Panier fleury 1745
Watermark: Indistinct: two rows of words in a rounded rectangular frame
Condition: one fold line; trimmed. Verso: surface dirt along left edge; top left, water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:22,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle [107 mm =] 1200 Toises
30.0 x 45.1 cm (neatline)
30.5 x 45.7 cm (image)
32.3 x 47.8 cm (platemark)
35.2 x 52.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN D'ATH / Avec les Attaques et le Blocus des / Allies / du deux d’Octobre 1706. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, above imprint, in rectangular panel:] ATH Place forte dans le Comté de / Hainaut a 50. deg. 25. min. de Latitude / et 21. degrez 29. min. de Longitude / sur la Riviere de Dendre. [bottom right, below title, a key, a-i, k-u, x to the names of the bastions and demi-lunes, gates of the town, advanced siegeworks and the old castle:] Renvoy.
Annotations:
George III heading: Ath 20 Sept.r - 2 Oct. 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) [erased, indistinct:] [?] 54.. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 41; [top right, black pencil:] LIV.; [centre, red pencil:] 41.
George III catalogue entry:
Ath Plan d'Ath, avec les attaques et le Blocus des Alliés du 2 d'Oct.re 1706: par le S.r le Rouge, 1745.
Subject(s)
Ath, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°37'45"N 03°46'40"E)
