Wahrhaffte Vorstellung und Relation von der English-Holländisch und hohen Alliirten Generals en Chef, Duc de Marlborough, Feldmarschals d'Ouverkerck und Herrn Erb-Printzens von Hessen Cassel Hoch-Fürstliche Durchl. etc. bey Forcirung der feindlichen Linien an der Maas den 18. Julii 1705 durch Göttliche Fügung erhaltenen so grossen Victori und darauf erfolgten glücklichen Successen

Birds-eye view print shows plan of the battlefied with troop locations between Mechelen and Loeven. Depiction of the battle outside of Hallishem, Belgium between the Gete and Meus (Maas) rivers. Key activities in the print are labeled 1-5. On July 18, 1705, the Duke of Marlborough and allied generals successfully broke through the French forces holding the Lines of Brabant at the small village of Elixham in Belgium.The Lines of Brabant were a strategic arc of defensive fieldworks stretching from Antwerp to Namur in Belgium.
Title from caption at top of print.
Extensive text in German in three columns below image. Additional German caption key at end of third column.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 186.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 186.
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.