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 Huy, 1703
Plan de / HUY
1703 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 725027
A map of the successful siege of Huy, 16-26 August 1703, by the Dutch army under the command of Captain-General, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Oriented with east-north-east to top.
The map shows the attacks of the Dutch army on the strong position of the citadel of Huy, and on the Forts of St Joseph, Rouche, and Picard. These forts surrendered, and the citadel, surrendered on 25 August and the terms of the surrender were settled on the 26th.
This plan has been removed from a volume, made about 1719 or later, 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, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 72
Condition: no fold lines; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: induced discolouration and remains of guard
Scale: not stated
49.2 x 34.9 cm (image and neatline)
52.7 x 37.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title
Plan de / HUY. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-H, to the citadel and forts of Huy and the trenches, batteries and cannon positions for making breaches in the citadel walls.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Huy taken 25 August 1703.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, red pencil:] 1703; [top right, ink:] 63. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 4/38.
George III catalogue entry:
Huy Plan dessiné de la Ville et Fortifications de Huy prise par les Etats Generaux le 25 d'out 1703.
Subject(s)
Huy, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°31'08"N 05°13'58"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Falkner, Marlborough's Wars Eyewitness Accounts 1702-1713, Barnsley 2005, pp. 33-4
