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 Le Quesnoy, 1712
PLAN / de la Ville du / QUESNOY / Investie le 8. de Juin par le General Baron de Fagel / la tranchée fut ouverte aux deux attacques de la / gauche la nuit du 19. au 20. de Juin / et la Place fut rendüe le 4. Juillet 1712
1712 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:6,300 approx | RCIN 726079
The dates of the siege are taken from Ostwald (2007), p.343.
The fortifications are shown in detail, together with the attacks of the Imperial army, conducted by the Dutch engineer Sas V den Bos (Zas van den Bosch), and that of the Dutch army, conducted by the Dutch engineer Christiaan Frederik Hertel.
Additional text: [top left, in title panel, a key, A-I, L, to the bastions, fieldworks and the posts put in place on 10 June and a note to explain that the numbers on the map refer to the dates of the nights on which the trenches were opened.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Peter Schenk, the younger (1693-1775) (publisher) [top left, bottom of title panel:] Chez P. Schenck avec Privilege.
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:6,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 120. Toises. [37 mm =].
42.0 x 53.1 cm (image and neatline)
43.5 x 54.4 cm (platemark)
52.1 x 63.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / de la Ville du / QUESNOY / Investie le 8. de Juin par le General Baron de Fagel / la tranchée fut ouverte aux deux attacques de la / gauche la nuit du 19. au 20. de Juin / et la Place fut rendüe le 4. Juillet 1712. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, in title panel, a key, A-I, L, to the bastions, fieldworks and the posts put in place on 10 June and a note to explain that the numbers on the map refer to the dates of the nights on which the trenches were opened.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Quesnoy 8 June - 4 July 1712.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 119.; [bottom right, black pencil, cropped and illegible]; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 110; [right centre, red pencil:] 110.
George III catalogue entry:
Quesnoy Plan de la Ville de Quesnoy investie le 8 de Juin par le General de Fagel et prise le 4 de Juillet 1712: chez Schenk.
Subject(s)
Le Quesnoy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°14'52"N 03°38'11"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Ostwald, Vauban under siege: engineering efficiency and martial vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession, Leiden 2007
