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 Bouchain, 1711
PLAN du SIEGE / de / BOUCHAIN / et de la Situation de / L'Armée des Alliez / Commandée par / S.A. le Pr.ce et Duc de Marlborough / et de Celle de France Commandée par / Le Marechal Duc de Villars. / A.e 1711
1711 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured. Letterpress text printed on two sheets of paper, pasted together, then pasted to right edge of map. Laid down on coarse linen. | Scale: not stated. 1:64,000 approx. | RCIN 726072
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.
The map shows the lines of circumvallation, the Allied camps, the French entrenchments and the surrounding topography. The coverage extends from Douay (Douai 50°22'00"N 03°04'00"E) in the north-west, to Bouvignies (50°26'10"N 03°14'37"E) further north, moving south to Warlin (Warlaing 50°24'36"N 03°19'30"E) in the north-east, and from Railecourt (Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle 50°11'00"N 03°10'00"E) and Sailly (Sailly-lez-Cambrai 50°11'15"N 03°10'55"E) in the south-west to Avêne le Gobert (Avesnes-les-Aubert 50°12'00"N 03°23'00"E) in the south-east.
Another printing of this map, lacking Johnson's imprint, was published in 1747 in Jean Dumont & Jean Rousset de Missy, (1729).
Additional text: [top right, above neatline:] Merc. Gal. Tom III. Pag. 542. [right, down right side of map, letterpress, a key, A-I, K-Q, to the French and Allied lines, camps, batteries, bridges, redoubts and the positions of some battalions, together with an account of part of the campaigns in 1711 and the siege of Bouchain:] EXPLICATION / POUR LE PLAN / DU SIEGE DE BOUCHAIN. [Followed by what appears to be an incomplete list of the officers of the French army (it may have been trimmed):] ETAT MAJOR DE BOUCHAIN / Ce 14. Septembre 1711.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Thomas Johnson (1676/7-1735) (publisher) [top left, in inner border of title cartouche:] A la Haye chez T. Johnson Libraire.
Pieter van Call (active 1706-15) (engraver) [top left, in bottom left of outer border of title cartouche:] P V. Cal Fec
Watermark: Indistinct, obscured by linen backing: fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above
Condition: one fold line. Verso: right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:64,000 approx.
46.4 x 35.6 cm (image and neatline of map)
47.4 x 36.2 cm (platemark; bottom edge slightly cropped)
49.5 x 53.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN du SIEGE / de / BOUCHAIN / et de la Situation de / L'Armée des Alliez / Commandée par / S.A. le Pr.ce et Duc de Marlborough / et de Celle de France Commandée par / Le Marechal Duc de Villars. / A.e 1711. [top left, in cartouche representing a stone tablet]
Additional text:
[top right, above neatline:] Merc. Gal. Tom III. Pag. 542. [right, down right side of map, letterpress, a key, A-I, K-Q, to the French and Allied lines, camps, batteries, bridges, redoubts and the positions of some battalions, together with an account of part of the campaigns in 1711 and the siege of Bouchain:] EXPLICATION / POUR LE PLAN / DU SIEGE DE BOUCHAIN. [Followed by what appears to be an incomplete list of the officers of the French army (it may have been trimmed):] ETAT MAJOR DE BOUCHAIN / Ce 14. Septembre 1711.
Annotations:
George III heading: Bouchain 7 Aug.t - 14 Sept.r 1711.
Other anotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 111. (Verso) [top, left of centre, ink, obscured by linen backing:] 37; [top right, ink, obscured by linen:] 111. [and below that:] C; [top right, black pencil:] 111; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 102; [right centre, red pencil:] 102.
George III catalogue entry:
Bouchain Plan du Siege de Bouchain et de la Situation de l'Armée des Alliés commandée par le Duc de Marlborough, et de celle de France commandée par le Marechal Duc de Villars 1711; chez Johnson; avec une Explication.
Subject(s)
Bouchain, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°17'06"N 03°18'53"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Dumont and J.R. de Missy, Histoire àmilitaire du prince Eugene de Savoye, du Prince et Duc de Marlborough, et du Prince de Nassau-Frise, où l'on trouve un détail des principales actions de la dernière guerre (1729-1747), A La Haye Chez Isaac van der Kloot 1729
J. Ostwald, Vauban under siege: engineering efficiency and martial vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession, Leiden 2007
