War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Siege of Béthune, 1710
PLAN / DE / BETHUNE / Ville forte dans l'Artois / assiegée par les Alliez
1710 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:8,100 approx. | RCIN 726056
The date of 23 August for the capitulation of the fortress is taken from Ostwald (2007), p.343.
This map shows the town layout and the immediate surroundings of the fortifications with the two attacks by Fagel and Schulenberg.
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, L-R, to the works completed on the seventeen nights of construction.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anna Beek (1657-1717) (publisher) [bottom right, below text, in title panel: à la Haye chez Anna Beek, / avec Privilege.
Pieter van Call (active 1706-15) (engraver) [bottom right, in title cartouche:] P.V.Cal Fecit.
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line. Verso: right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:8,100 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deux cents Toises [48 mm = 200].
50.1 x 54.2 cm (neatline)
50.4 x 54.5 cm (image)
51.5 x 55.7 cm (platemark)
54.4 x 64.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / DE / BETHUNE / Ville forte dans l'Artois / assiegée par les Alliez [bottom right, in cartouche representing a carved stone plinth]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, L-R, to the works completed on the seventeen nights of construction.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Bethune 15 July - 28 August 1710.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased:] 98.; [bottom right, black pencil, cropped:] 17; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, erased, cropped, mostly illegible:] juin .. 89; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 1710; [right centre, red pencil:] 89.
George III catalogue entry:
Bethune Plan de la Ville de Bethune avec les attaques des Alliés en 1710; chez Beek.
Subject(s)
Béthune, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°32'00"N 02°38'00"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Ostwald, Vauban under siege: engineering efficiency and martial vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession, Leiden 2007
