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FRANÇOIS HANCKO (ACTIVE 1743-7)
Map of the Battle of Lafelt, 1747 (Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium) 50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E
c.1747RCIN 730130
On 2 July 1747, Cumberland, at the head of the allied army, met French forces under the Marshal de Saxe at Laffeldt, near Maastricht. Cumberland’s aim was to prevent a French invasion of Dutch territory. The battle was a decisive French victory and Sir John Ligonier, a senior British officer, was captured after a series of heroic cavalry charges to protect Hanoverian lines. French forces were subsequently able to invade Dutch territory, taking Bergen-op-Zoom shortly afterwards.
King’s Military Map Collection
Cat. 52
watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: I VILLEDARY
annotation: Old heading: Battle of Laffeldt 2 July 1747. Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, cropped:] 2[9]; [top left, black pencil:] XIII[/34]; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: VII/29.
