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? GEORGE AUGUSTUS SCHULTZ (ACTIVE 1734-49)
Map of the Battle of Dettingen, 1743 (Dettingen am Main, Bavaria, Germany) 50°02'29"N 09°02'00"E
c.1743 or laterRCIN 728103
On 27 June 1743, an army of British, Hanoverian and Dutch soldiers led by George II met French troops outside the small village of Dettingen. Although his situation was desperate, George II managed to break through the French lines and gain victory. Dettingen was the last battle in which a British monarch led the troops, and the first engagement fought by the Duke of Cumberland, who gained widespread praise. This large and elegant map was made as a record of the progress of the allied army during the campaign.
King’s Military Map Collection
Cat. 46
Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of all the Marches and Incampments of the Army of the Allies, commanded by H.M. the King of Great Britain, from the Battle of Dettingen to the end of the Campaign in the year 1743 by M.r Schultz; [also in ink:] A Roll ..... [in black pencil:] 5 Table 2.d; [in black pencil, in a modern hand:] Big: sep. seq. Old heading: Battle of Dettingen 27 June 1743 and Encampment from that time to the 13 Oct. 1743; [in black pencil, above old heading, erased, perhaps in a modern hand:] Folder, too big. Watermark: B & W. Size: 47.0 x 32.6 cm.
