Map of the Battle of Malplaquet, 1709
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Large map composed of two sheets. Top: a map of the battle of Malplaquet between the Allies under the Duke of Marlborough and the Prince of Savoy and the French, 11 September 1709. Bottom: a sheet with the order of battle of the Allied troops. Left: Victory with portraits of the Allied commanders before a monument with coats of arms and flags. Right: Hercules and Mars before a temple where women are making an offering, on the ground the bodies of defeated enemies. Numbered bottom right: Tom. I. No. 27. Illustration in the first part of: Jean du Mont, Military description of the battles and sieges of the three ... famous generals... Prince Eugene of Savoy, the ... Duke of Marlborough, and the Prince of Orange and Nassau-Vriesland, in the edition of 1729. This first part is dedicated to the deeds of Eugene, Prince of Savoy.
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