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Flandre Campagne de Fleurs 1690
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1040
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This record is about the Flandre Campagne de Fleurs 1690 dating from 1690-[? early 19th century] in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/1040
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Title (The name of the record)
- Flandre Campagne de Fleurs 1690
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1690-[? early 19th century]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) and France. Volume of maps and plans bound in red leather with an ornamental gold border and the arms of Noailles on the front and back covers. The documents relate to the Battle of Fleurus, resulting in the victory of French forces under [François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville], Duke of Luxembourg, over Allied forces under William of Orange [King William III of England and William II of Scotland], part of the War of the Grand Alliance. Title page: 'Camps et Ordres de Marches de l'Armée du Roy en Flandres Commandée par Monseigneur le Marechal Duc de Luxembourg. En l'Année 1690': title on a draped tablet surrounded by military equipment. Table of contents listing the maps; reference table to symbols and colouring. 21 maps of various parts of the region showing troop movements at different stages during the campaign and the locations of camps at: Anseroeul, Blicquy, Boussu, Deinze, Estinnes, Farciennes, Fleurus, Gerpinnes, Gougnies, Ham-sur-Sambre, Harelbeke, Hensies, Hon-Hergies, Jeumont, Lessines (or Lessen), Leuze-en-Hainaut, Mettet, Outrijve, Péruwelz, Pommeroeul, Quévy, Quiévrain, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Taisnieres-sur-Hon, Trazegnies and Velaines. Scale: 6 cm to 1 French common league. Compass stars. The volume also contains 24 orders of march, three orders of battle and a summary of the cantonment of the regiments. Surveyed and drawn by Pennier, Geographer and Engineer to the French king. The name 'Dr Wm Muller' is inscribed inside the volume; this is probably Wilhelm Müller, instructor of military science at the University of Göttingen, c1797-1806, and afterwards (as Sir William Müller) an officer in the British army. A note affixed into the volume following the title page states that two maps (numbers 18 and 24 in the table of contents) are missing at transfer.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For eight items (numbers 10, 26-29, 50, 54 and 56 in the table of contents) extracted from this volume, see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MPH 16 part 2; WO 78/1040; WO 38/70
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 29 cm x 44 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 458. Extract reference erroneously printed as MPH 16 part 2; document now reverted to WO 78/1040. For further discussion of these and related maps, and the identification of the arms, see Claire Lemoine-Isabeau, Les militaires et la cartographie des Pays-Bas meridionaux (Brussels, 1984), 79
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269978/
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WO 78
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