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 Douai, 1710
PLAN de la Ville de Douay et / du fort de l'Escarpe ayant été inves = / tie Assiegée par les Hauts Alliés l'an / 1710 investie le 23me Apprill et attaquée / par deux côtées sous Commandement de / leurs Altesse Ser Meseig...
1710 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:11,900 approx. | RCIN 726046
A medium-scale map showing in detail the fortifications and approaches of the siege works, the extent of the flooding and marshy ground; the destinations of the roads are given.
Additional text: [top left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-M, to the locations of the attacks of the Princes of Orange and Anhalt Dessau, the place where the cavalry were positioned, the Fort d'Escarpe, General Fagel's attack on the fort of the night of 20-21 June, a redoubt which was made before the siege, French redoubts made during the siege, and the fieldwork which was vacated by the French on the first day of the siege.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Jean Henri Weber (active 1710-11) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right, below text:] levè et designé par J.H. Weber.
Watermark: Crown above fleur-de-lys in shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 134
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:11,900 approx. Scale bar: Toises [98 mm = 600].
44.0 x 63.8 cm (neatline)
44.6 x 64.3 cm (image)
47.1 x 66.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN de la Ville de Douay et / du fort de l'Escarpe ayant été
inves =/tieAssiegée par les Hauts Alliés l'an / 1710 investie le 23me Apprill et attaquée / par deux côtées sous Commandement de / leurs Altesse Ser Meseig: les Prince d' / Orange et d'Anhalt Dessau les Tren- / chée furent ouvertes la nuit entre le 4 / 5me d'Avrill la Ville fut prise par accord - / le 25me Juin ver le soir. 1710. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]Additional text:
[top left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-M, to the locations of the attacks of the Princes of Orange and Anhalt Dessau, the place where the cavalry were positioned, the Fort d'Escarpe, General Fagel's attack on the fort of the night of 20-21 June, a redoubt which was made before the siege, French redoubts made during the siege, and the fieldwork which was vacated by the French on the first day of the siege.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Douay 23 April - 25 June 1710.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 89; [the date ‘1710’ in the title panel has been added in diferent ink, probably in a different hand]. (Verso) [top centre, ink, obscured by linen backing:] 31.; [top right, black pencil:] 89; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 79; [right centre, red pencil:] 79.
George III catalogue entry:
Douay Plan dessiné de la Ville de Douay et du Fort de l'Escarpe, assiegée par les Hauts Alliés et prise le 25 Juin 1710: par I.H. Weber Ing.r
Subject(s)
Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°22'00"N 03°04'00"E)
