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 Tournai, 1709
PLAN / DE LA VILLE ET CITADELLE DE / TOURNAY. / Investie par l’Armée des Hauts-Alliés le 29. Juin 1709. Commandée / par S.A.S. LE PRINCE EUGENE DE SAVOYE, et S.A. LE PRINCE ET / DUC DE MARLBOROUG. La trenchée ayant esté...
published 1709Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:9,100 approx. | RCIN 726024
The attacks were led by Carl Philipp, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum (1650-1719), supreme commander of the Prussian troops, Lieutenant-General François Nicolaas, Baron von Fagel (1645-1718), and Johann Matthias von der Schulenberg (1661-1747).
The map shows the town and citadel, and the three attacks. The coverage does not include the lines of circumvallation.
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the three attacks under the command of Lottum, Schulenberg, and Fagel:] GENERAUX / qui ont commandé les attaques de la / Ville [and] GENERAUX / qui ont commandé les attaques de la / Citadelle.
Condition: one fold line; three small tears along bottom edge. Verso: surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Eugène Henri Fricx (January 1644-18 December 1730) (cartographer and publisher) [below title:] A Bruxelles, Chéz Eugene Henrÿ Fricx rue de la Magdelaine. 1709.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line; three small tears along bottom edge. Verso: surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:9,100 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 300 Toises. [64 mm =].
39.4 x 50.3 cm (image and neatline)
41.4 x 53.0 cm (platemark)
42.1 x 53.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / DE LA VILLE ET CITADELLE DE / TOURNAY. / Investie par l’Armée des Hauts-Alliés le 29. Juin 1709. Commandée / par S.A.S. LE PRINCE EUGENE DE SAVOYE, et S.A. LE PRINCE ET / DUC DE MARLBOROUG. La trenchée ayant esté ouverte la nuit du 7. a 8. / du mois de Juillet on toucha la chamade pour la Ville le 28. du même / mois. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the three attacks under the command of Lottum, Schulenberg, and Fagel:] GENERAUX / qui ont commandé les attaques de la / Ville [and] GENERAUX / qui ont commandé les attaques de la / Citadelle.
Annotations:
George III heading: Tournay 1709.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 77; [bottom right, black pencil:] 4; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] Tournay 1709; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 66.; [right centre, red pencil:] 66.
George III catalogue entry:
Tournay Plan du Siege de la Ville et Citadelle de Tournay en 1709: chez Friex, 1709.
Subject(s)
Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°36'25"N 03°23'21"E)
