Eigentlicher Abbildung der denckwürdiger Action so bey forcirung der feindlichen Linien in Braband bey Hillesheim durch tapfferen und klügen Angriff dess Herzogs von Marlborough den 18 Julii, Anno 1705 glücklich aussgeführet worden ist

Birds-eye view print shows a battle with many infantry and cavalry. In the foreground are fallen soldiers and horses. Allegorical elements in the print include an angel carrying a flaming sword, a cherub blowing a trumpet, other cherubs carrying a laurel wreath and carrying a likeness of the Duke of Marlborough over the battlefield. Key activities in the print are labeled A-M. On July 18, 1705, the Duke of Marlborough successfully broke through the French forces at a small village in Belgium, near Hillesheim, Germany. The Lines of Brabant were a strategic arc of defensive fieldworks stretching from Antwerp to Namur in Belgium.
Title from caption in ribbon at bottom of print.
Additional German caption key at bottom of image.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 183.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 183.
Original album; Purchase; 1950.
Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives.