War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Sieges of Aire and Saint-Venant, 1710
PLAN DE LA VILLE D'AIRE et du Fort S.t François Ville Forte du Comté d'Artois située sur la Lis a trois Lieues de S. Omer, a trois et demy de / Bethune a huit de Hédin a dix d'Arras et a unze de Lille Il y...
1710 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:6,300 approx. | RCIN 726063
The date of 9 November for the surrender of the fortress is taken from Ostwald (2007), p.343.
Other commanders included Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (1670-1718) and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747), who commanded the Prussian troops.
This large-scale map shows the detail of the fortified walls with the attack parallels, zig-zags and batteries, and the immediate surroundings.
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V, to religious buildings in the town and to named bastions, a fascine bridge and the flooded areas:] EXPLICATION.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: very mottled and stained brown; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Pierre Mortier (1661-1711) (publisher) [top, following on from title:] A AMSTERDAM Chez PIERRE MORTIER. Avec Privilege.
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line. Verso: very mottled and stained brown; 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 deux Cent Toises [62 mm =].
37.4 x 48.5 cm (neatline)
39.5 x 49.2 cm (image)
40.4 x 49.8 cm (platemark)
45.0 x 54.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA VILLE D'AIRE et du Fort S.t François Ville Forte du Comté d'Artois située sur la Lis a trois Lieues de S. Omer, a trois et demy de / Bethune a huit de Hédin a dix d'Arras et a unze de Lille Il y a Bailliage. [top, above map]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V, to religious buildings in the town and to named bastions, a fascine bridge and the flooded areas:] EXPLICATION.
Annotations:
George III heading: Aire 6 Sept.r - 8 Nov.r 1710.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 104.; [bottom right, ink:] B; [bottom right, black pencil, beneath previous inscription:] 8; [right centre, red pencil:] 97.
George III catalogue entry:
Aire Plan de la Ville d'Aire et du Fort S.t François, avec les attaques des Alliés en 1710; chez Mortier.
Subject(s)
Aire-sur-la-Lys, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°38'19"N 02°23'55"E)
Saint-Venant, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°37'10"N 02°32'22"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Ostwald, Vauban under siege: engineering efficiency and martial vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession, Leiden 2007
