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Vol. CCXLII (ff. 141).
(1) Orders and routes for marches, chiefly of Marlborough's army; 1702-1707. Mostly French. Partly drafts and copies. ff. 1-72b.
(2) Orders of battle of the Allied and enemy armies; 1698-1711. French. Partly coloured. ff. 73-110b.
(3) Maps and plans: — (a) 'Comitatus Tyrolis Tabula'. 'Studio et operâ cuiusdam Geographi S.I. [Johann Andreas] Pfeffel et [Christian] Englebrecht sc. et ecud. Vien.', 1701. Latin. Scale of 8 'Milliaria German. Comun.' to 57 mm. [approx. 1:1094401]. No compass points, but north at top. 276 mm. x 375 mm. Engraved. From Ignaz Reiffenstuel, Germania Austriaca seu Topographia Omnium Germaniae Provinciarum Augustissimae Domui Austriacae Haereditario Jure Subjectarum, Vienna, 1701. Shows Tyrol, Lake Constance and parts of Switzerland, Swabia, County of Bregenz [Vorarlberg], Bavaria, Salzburg and Carinthia. Cartouche incorporating arms of Tyrol. Alpine scene with dead game bottom left; alpine scene with goddess Diana, hounds, and putto bottom right. Towns on routes to Innsbruck from Bavaria, The Valtelline and Lombardy marked in red ink. Endorsed by [Cardonnel?], 'Tyrroll', and by Richard, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, 'Draughts & Mapps'. ff. 111 - 112b; — (b) 'Plan de Fortifications de Roer-mond avec le Siege de cette Place par les Allies', [ 1702?]. French, but probably executed by a Flemish cartographer. No cartographer or date given. 'Eschelle de 2000 Pas' to 136 mm. [approx.
1:60001]. No compass points, but west at top. 380 mm. x 490 mm. Shows siege, circ. 6 Oct. 1702. Pen and ink and coloured washes. Hills, roads, Anglo-Dutch and Prussian trenches and the enfilade battery, buildings in plan, and flow of Meuse indicated. Endorsed '36', and, by Coxe, 'Plan de Roremond'. ff. 113-114b; — (c) 'Plan van de leegers gecampeert aen den Donau'. 'Hage bij P: Husson. op de hoeck van de Poote aan de Capel Brugh'. [1703?]. Dutch and French. No scale given, but approx. 1:70,000. No compass points, but south at top. 465 mm. x 325 mm. (whole page); 207 mm. x 305 mm. (map). Printed and engraved broadside showing French and Imperial encampments and lines between Lauingen and Dillingen and at 'Hausteim' [Haunsheim] on the Danube in Swabia, with surrounding country. Explanation, and French and Imperial orders of battle beneath plan. Endorsed by Cardonnel, 'Camps on the Danube'. Offset from other copies of the same broadside on verso. ff. 115-116; — (d) 'Plan du Terrain occupée par l'Armée des Allies a Friedburg & Walfrehausen et celle de France et Baviere a Ausberg 1704'. French. No cartographer given. No scale given, but approx. 1:42240. No compass points, but west at top. 298 mm. x 381 mm. Pen and ink and coloured washes. Shows siege of Augsburg, circ. 4 Aug. 1704. Hills, roads, woods, villages in plan, fortifications around Augsburg and Friedberg, and military positions indicated. Endorsed by Cardonnel, '1704 Camp at Fridberg near Augsbourg'. ff. 117-118b; — (e) 'Plan de la Ville de Treves avec ses nounaux [sic] ouvrages et Retrenchemens 1704. fait à la veüe'. French. No cartographer given, but same as cartographer of preceding plan. No scale given, but approx. 1: 15,000. No compass points, but east at top. 224 mm. x 304 mm. Pen and black, brown and red ink. Sketch plan showing progress on the improvement to the defences of Trier effected after the town's capture by the Allies on 29 Oct. 1704. Hills, roads, selected buildings in plan, bridges, fortifications, streams and flow of Moselle indicated. Annotations and key lettered A-H. Endorsed by one of Cardonnel's clerks, '1704. The Citty of Treves with its New Fortifications'. ff. 119-120b; — (f) 'Staaten am Rhein von Manheim biss Rastatt', 1704. No cartographer or date given. 'Scala von 5 Stunden' to 153 mm. [approx. 1:133,333]. No compass points, but north at top. 439 mm. x 312 mm. Pen and ink with some details in colour. Shows lands on both sides of Rhine from Mannheim to Rastadt and Baden-Baden. Hills, rivers and principal roads indicated. Fortified towns, large and small towns and villages differentiated. Political and administrative boundaries marked in red and yellow. Burning by French of Mannheim, Heidelberg, Speyer, Bruchsal and Baden-Baden between 1678 and 1693 indicated by flames, the destruction of Speyer being incorrectly dated 1699. Endorsed by [Molesworth?], 'Mappe dune partie du Rhin (Viz) des environs de Philipsbourg, Spire, Heidelberg &c.', and by Cardonnel, 'The Lines' (i.e. of Stollhofen). ff. 121-122b; — (g) 'A Plan of the Encampment of the Army commanded by His Grace the Duke of Marlborough at Esfft the 10th June 1705'. No cartographer given. 'A Scale of 2000 common Paces' to 68 mm. [approx. 1:49,000]. No compass points, but south at top. 327 mm. x 375 mm. Pen and ink and coloured washes. Shows lands on either side of Moselle at border of Lorraine, Saarland and Luxemburg. Rivers, hills, woods, tracks, towns, villages, village churches and Allied position on plain of Sierck indicated. Endorsed by Cardonnel, 'June 1705. Plan of the Camp att Elfst'. ff. 123-124b; — (h) 'Camp de Thines', [July 1705?]. French. No cartographer or scale given, but approx. 1:27,000. No compass points, but east at top. 198 mm. x 319 mm. Pen, ink and coloured washes. Shows French camp at Thisnes near Merdorp in Liège, with surrounding country. Positions of troops numbered, but space for key has not been filled in. River Mehaigne, streams, roads, villages in plan and Lines of Brabant indicated. Endorsed '44'. ff. 125-126b; — (i) 'Plan de Menin & de ses Environs a la Portee du Cannon', bef. Aug. 1706. French. No cartographer or scale given, but approx. 1:6000. Compass rose; northeast at top. 356 mm. x 515 mm. Pen, ink and coloured washes. Unfinished plan of Menin, with Allied trenches and troop emplacements during siege of Aug. 1706 superimposed to west of town in black ink and yellow wash, probably by Lucas Du Mée, Allied engineer in charge of the siege. Existing fortifications, proposed additional fortifications in outline, town and outlying settlements in plan, windmills, rivers, streams, marshes, gradients, trees indicated. Key indicates main features of town, but no corresponding letters are shown on plan itself. Endorsed '24' and, by [Cardonnel?], 'Plan de Menin'. ff. 127-128b; — (j) Sketch-plan showing siege of Menin, circ. 14 Aug. 1706. No cartographer given, but probably Du Mée. No scale given but approx. 1:6000. No compass points, but east at top. 159 mm. x 272 mm. Pen and red and black inks. Shows western bastion of Menin and Allied siegeworks lettered as in previous plan, but expanded. Endorsed '23' and, by Cardonnel, 'Menin'. ff. 129-130b; — (k) Map of area around Ath in Hainault, with rough locations of infantry and cavalry besieging the town and line of their proposed contravallations against a relieving force, 16 Sept.-1 Oct. 1706. No cartographer or date given, but map made by Du Mée (see Add. MS. 61310, f. 74). No scale given, but approx. 1:44,444 (inconsistent). No compass points, but north at top. 343 mm. x 454 mm. Pen and coloured inks. Extent: Lessines (north), Chièvres (south), Leuze (west), Ghislenghien (east). Rivers, woods, towns, villages and temporary bridges indicated. Endorsed '20' and, by Cardonnel, 'Plan of Ath'. ff. 131-132b; — (l) 'Tolone Famoso Porto nel Mediterraneo Capitale della Contea di Provenza', circ. 1700-1707. Italian. No cartographer given. 'Scale d una legha di Francia' to 78 mm. [approx. 1:51,2301]. Compass rose; north at top. 311 mm. x 434 mm. Pen and ink. Shows gulf and road of Toulon from the peninsula of Cepet to the 'Isola Eres' [Île d'Hyères] and inland as far as La Vallette. Features drawn to differing horizons. French defences, hills, villages indicated. Endorsed '10' and, by Cardonnel, 'Plan of Toulon'. ff. 133-134b; — (m) 'Carte des Environ de Dunkerque avec le Proge du Nouuau Por de Mardick', with inset, 'Profil du Nouuau Canal'; [Simon] de bauffe feci', circ. 1714. French. Scale (of main plan): 2 French leagues to 133 mm. [approx. 1:60,6061]. Scale (of inset): 150 'pieds' to 4 inches [approx. 1:450]. No compass points, but north-west at top. 298 mm. x 480 mm. Pen, ink and coloured washes. Shows coast, with sand dunes, from Dunkirk to Gravelines and inland as far as Bergues. The key and cross-section of the Mardyk canal occupy two thirds of bottom half of map. Towns, villages, fortifications and forts, rivers and canals indicated. Possibly related to P. van Call, Carte de Environs de Dunkerque avec le projet du nouveau Port de Mardik, with 'Profil du nouveau Canal', Dunkirk, 1714. Endorsed '41' and, by Coxe, 'Environs of Dunkirk'. ff. 135-136b; — (n) 'Lerida', n.d. No cartographer or scale given. No compass points, but west at top. 341 mm. x 431 mm. Pen, ink and coloured washes. Bird's-eye view of Lerida in Catalonia, possibly deriving from an Italian [printed?] prototype, showing the town, its castle and fortifications on the Ebro. Roads to Fraga and Balaguer also shown. Endorsed '21' and 'Lerida'. ff. 137-138b; — (o) List of maps and plans of the French frontiers by John Thomas, engineer, offered for Marlborough's use, aft. 1702. French. ff. 139-140; — (p) Plans of the Artillery Ground at Finsbury, co. Midd., demonstrating systems of measurement, [1716?]. Pen and ink. f. 141.
includes:
- ff. 1-27 River Meuse: Marching-orders, etc., for Duke of Marlborough's army on: 1702.: Fr.
- ff. 1-72b Army; Allied: Marching orders and routes: 1702-1711.: Partly Fr. and Dutch.
- ff. 1-72b passim England Army of. Marches: March-routes for army in the Low Countries: 1702-1711.: Partly Fr.
- ff. 28-33b Maastricht, Limburg: Marching-orders for English troops assembling at: 1703.: Fr.
- ff. 34-43b Trier, Germany: March-routes, etc., for Duke of Marlborough's army from, to R. Meuse: 1705.: Fr.
- ff. 34-43b River Meuse: Marching-orders, etc., for Duke of Marlborough's army betw. Trier and: 1705.: Fr.
- ff. 44-47b Duchy of Brabant: Marching-orders for Duke of Marlborough's army in: 1705: Fr.
- ff.48-48b City of Vienna: Post route from Frankfurt to: 1705.
- ff.48-48b Frankfort, on the Main, Germany: Post route to Vienna: 1705.
- ff. 71-72b Philippsburg, on the Rhine: March-route for Saxon troops to: [1707?].: Fr.
- ff. 73-74b Arnhem, Gelderland: Order of Battle of Dutch and Swiss armies at: 1698.
- ff.73-74b Orders of Battle: Dutch and Swiss armies at Arnhem: 1698.
- ff. 75-76b Orders of Battle: Allied army at Duckenburg: 1702.
- ff. 75-86b Nijmegen, Gelderland: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at Duckenberg near: 1702.
- ff. 77-78 Kleine-Brogel, Limburg: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1702.
- ff. 77-78 Orders of Battle: Allied army at Kleine Brogel: 1702.
- ff. 79-80b Orders of Battle: Allied army at Wihogne: 1703.
- ff. 79b-80b Wihogne, Liège province: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1703.
- ff. 81-83b Thys, Liège province: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1703.
- ff.81-83b Orders of Battle: Allied army at Thys: 1703.
- f. 84 Haneffe, Liège province: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1703.
- ff. 84-84b Orders of Battle: Allied army at Haneffe: 1703.
- ff. 85-86b Orders of Battle: French and Bavarian armies on R. Danube: 1703.: Copy.
- ff. 85-86b River Danube: Order of Battle of French and Bavarian armies on: 1703.: Copy.
- ff. 86-86b, 94-94b,105 Army of Bavaria: Orders of Battle: 1703-1707.
- ff. 87-88b Maastricht, Limburg: Order of Battle of Allied army at: 1704.
- ff. 89-89b Henry of Nassau, Heer van Auverquerque: Order of Battle of his army: 1704.
- ff. 89-89b Orders of Battle: Lord of Ouwerkerk's army: 1704.
- ff.90-91b Orders of Battle: Allied army on R. Moselle: 1705.
- ff. 90b-91b River Moselle, France: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army betw. Igel and Consaarbruck: 1705.
- ff.92-93b Orders of Battle: Allied army at Eft: 1705.
- ff. 92b-93b Sierck, Moselle: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at Eft near: 1705.
- ff. 94, 105 Orders of Battle: French and Bavarian armies in Flanders: 1705, 1707.
- ff. 94-94b, 105 Netherlands. Southern Provinces: Orders of Battle of French and Bavarian armies in: 1705, 1707.: Fr.
- ff. 95-96b Orders of Battle: Imperial army in Lombardy: 1705.
- ff. 95-96b Lombardy, Italy: Order of battle of Imperial army: 1705.
- ff. 95-98b Germany. Army of: Orders of Battle in Lombardy and Hungary: 1705.
- ff. 97-98b Orders of Battle: Imperial army in Hungary: 1705.
- ff. 97-98b Hungary: Order of battle of Imperial army in: 1705.
- ff. 99-100 River Rhine: Order of battle of Imperial and Allied armies on Upper Rhine: 1705.
- ff. 99-100 Orders of Battle: Imperial and Allied armies on Upper Rhine: 1705.
- ff. 101b-102b Helchin, Hainault: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1706.
- ff. 103-104 Orders of Battle: Saxon army in Poland: bef. 1707.
- ff. 103-104 Poland: Order of battle of Saxon army in: bef. 1707.
- ff. 103-104 Army of Saxony: Order of Battle in Poland: bef. 1707.
- f. 106 Orders of Battle: Allied army at Willemeau: 1709.
- ff. 106-106b Willemeau, Hainault: Order of Battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1709.
- f. 107 Lens, Pas de Calais: Order of battle of Duke of Marlborough's army at: 1711.
- ff. 109-110b Army of Denmark: Order of battle: 1711.
- ff. 111- 112b Maps and Plans: 'Comitatus Tyrolis Tabula', by Pfeffel and Engelbrecht: 1701.: Lat.: Engr.
- ff. 111-112b Tyrol, Austria: 'Comitatus Tyrolis Tabula', by I. Reiffenstuel: 1701.: Lat.: Engr.
- ff. 111-112b Ignaz Reiffenstuel, SJ: 'Comitatus Tyrolis Tabula' from his Germania Austriaca: 1701.: Lat.: Engr.
- ff. 113-114b Ruremonde, Limburg: Map of fortifications and Allied siege-works: [1702?].: Fr.
- ff. 113-114b Maps and Plans: Fortifications of Ruremonde, with Allied siege-works: [1702?].: Fr.
- ff. 115-116 Dillingen, Bavaria: Plan of Imperial and French encampments, with Orders of Battle: 1703.: Dutch and Fr.: Engr. and printed.
- ff. 115-116 Maps and Plans: Imperial and French encampments on R. Danube with Orders of Battle: 1703.: Dutch and Fr.: Engr. and printed.
- ff. 115-116 River Danube: Plan of Imperial and French encampments near Dillingen, with Orders of Battle: 1703.: Dutch and Fr.: Engr. and printed.
- ff. 115-116 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Plan of encampment on R. Danube near Dillingen: [1703?].: Dutch and Fr.: Engr. and printed.
- ff. 117b- 118b Maps and Plans: Positions of defence and attack at Augsburg: 1704.: Fr.
- ff. 117b-118b Augsburg, Germany: Map showing positions of defence and attack: 1704.: Fr.
- ff. 119-120b Maps and Plans: Improved defences of Trier: 1704.: Fr.
- ff.119-120b Trier, Germany: Plan of improved defences: 1704.: Fr.
- ff. 121-122 River Rhine: Map of section betw. Mannheim and Rastatt: circ. 1704.: Germ.
- ff. 121-122 Maps and Plans: States bordering on R. Rhine betw. Mannheim and Rastatt: circ. 1704.: Germ.
- ff. 123-124b Sierck, Moselle: Plan of Duke of Marlborough's encampment at Eft near: 1705.
- ff. 123-124b Maps and Plans: Duke of Marlborough's encampment near Sierck: 1705.
- ff. 125-126b Thisnes, Liège province: Plan of French encampment: [1705?].: Fr.
- ff. 125-126b Maps and Plans: French encampment at Thisnes al. Tienen: [1705?].: Fr.
- ff. 127b-130b Maps and Plans: Fortifications and siege-works at Menin: 1706.: Fr.
- ff. 127b-130b Menin, Flanders: Plans of fortifications and siege-works: 1706.: Fr.
- ff.127b-132 Lucas Du Mée, Dutch military engineer: Plans of Menin and Ath: 1706.
- ff. 131-132 Ath, Hainault: Map of country round, with siege-positions: 1706.
- ff. 131-132b Maps and Plans: Vicinity of Ath, with siege positions: 1706.
- ff. 133-134 Toulon, Var: Map of vicinity, showing defences: circ. 1700-1707.: Ital.
- ff. 133-134 Maps and Plans: Vicinity of Toulon: circ. 1700-1707.: Ital.
- ff. 135-136b Mardick, Nord: Map showing sites of old village and new port, with cross-section of canal inset: aft. 1714.: Fr.
- ff.135-136b Maps and Plans: Coast and inland waterways betw. Gravelines and Dunkirk, incl. new port of Mardick: aft. 1714.: Fr.
- ff. 135b-136b Simon de Bauffe, Dutch engineer: Map of coast and inland waterways betw. Gravelines and Dunkirk: aft. 1714.: Fr.: Signed.
- ff. 135b-136b Dunkirk, Nord: Map of coast and inland waterways near: aft. 1714.: Fr.
- ff. 137-138b Lerida, Catalonia: Bird's eye view of fortifications, etc.: n.d.: Span.
- ff. 137-138b Maps and Plans: Bird's-eye view of Lerida: n.d.: Ital.
- f. 139 Captain Jean Thomas, military engineer: Maps and plans offered by: bef. 1707.: Fr.
- ff. 139-140 Maps and Plans: List of maps by J. Thomas: aft. 1702.: Fr.
- f. 141 Finsbury, Middlesex: Plans of Artillery Ground: [1716?].
- f. 141 Scotland: Plan rel. to survey of forfeited estates in: [ 1716 ?].
- f. 141 Maps and Plans: Artillery Ground, Finsbury: [1716?].
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- 032-001949954
033-001949955
036-001950229
037-001950259
040-001950266 - Is part of:
- Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61101-61413 : A. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 61101-61413. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. I-CCCXIII. Correspondence…
Add MS 61316-61343 G : A. Section VIII. GENERAL MILITARY PAPERS
Add MS 61337-61343 : BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCXXXVII-CCXLIII. Operational papers, including maps; [ 1689?}- 1711, n.d. Seven volumes.
Add MS 61342 : Vol. CCXLII (ff. 141). (1) Orders and routes for marches, chiefly of Marlborough's army; 1702-1707. Mostly French. Partly drafts… - Hierarchy:
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- Start Date:
- 1698
- End Date:
- 1717
- Date Range:
- 1698-1717
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- Allied Army
Army of Bavaria
Army of Denmark
Bauffe, Simon, Dutch engineer, fl 1706-1714
Duchy of Brabant
French Army, 1445-
GERMANY Army of
Mée, Lucas, military engineer, d 1709
Nassau, Henry of, Heer van Auverquerque
Reiffenstuel, Ignaz, SJ
Thomas, Jean, Captain military engineer - Places:
- Arnhem, Gelderland
Ath, Hainault
Augsburg, Germany
Danube River, Eastern Europe
Dillingen, Bavaria
Dunkirk, France
Finsbury, Middlesex
Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany
Haneffe, Liège province
Helchin, Hainault
Hungary, Europe
Kleine-Brogel, Limburg
Lens, Pas de Calais
Lerida, Catalonia
Lombardy, Italy
Maastricht, Limburg
Mardick, Nord
Menin, Flanders
Netherlands Southern Provinces, the Netherlands
Nijmegen, Gelderland
Philippsburg, on the Rhine, Germany
Poland, Europe
River Meuse, Europe
River Moselle, France
River Rhine, Europe
Ruremonde, Limburg
Scotland
Seville, Sevilla, Spain
Sierck, Moselle
Thisnes, Liège province
Thys, Liège province
Toulon, Var
Trier, Germany
Tyrol, Austria
Vienna, Austria
Wihogne, Liège province
Willemeau, Hainault