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War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)

Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands

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Siege of Roermond, 1702

Plan de La Ville / de / ROUERMUNDE / les Attaques Allies / L’an: 1702

1702 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:12,000 approx. | RCIN 725013

A map of the siege of Roermond, taken on 6 October 1702 by the Allied army (British and Dutch) commanded by Captain-General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Oriented with south to top.

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, 725021, 725023, 725027, 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.

Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the attacks and breaches made by the British, Dutch and Prussian troops, and a battery.]

Condition: no fold lines; induced discolouration; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: remains of guard.
  • Anonymous (cartographer)

  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below

    Mark, stamped: 65

    Condition: no fold lines; induced discolouration; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: remains of guard

  • Scale: 1:12,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2000 pas [138 mm =].

    45.9 x 32.7 cm (image and neatline)

    52.7 x 36.8 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    Plan de La Ville / de / ROUERMUNDE / les Attaques Allies / L’an: 1702. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]

    Additional text:

    [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the attacks and breaches made by the British, Dutch and Prussian troops, and a battery.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Ruremonde taken 7 Oct.r 1702.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 60; [top right, black pencil, erased:] 7 [Oct.r]. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 4/7; [top left, black pencil, erased:] Ruremonde.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Ruremonde Plan dessiné de la Ville de Ruremonde prise par les Alliés le 7 d'Octobre 1702.

  • Subject(s)

    Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands (51°11'39"N 05°59'15"E)