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The Baron of Espagnac was a former brigadier in the French army who fought during the War of Polish Succession (1733-1738) and served under Marshal Maurice de Saxe (1696-1750) during the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748). He would publish a number of books on the art of war, his own military campaigns and Marshal De Saxe.
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Transcription of an account of the 1745 Battle of Fontenoy by Jean Baptiste Joseph d’Amarzit de Sahuguet, Chevalier d’Espagnac
Date
[1748?]
Dimensions1 textual record ; 38.6 x 26 cm
Origin
France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A2.3,3.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentModified, incomplete and undated handwritten transcription, by an unknown author, of the account of the Battle of Fontenoy (1745) given in the book Relation de la campagne en Brabant et en Flandres, de l’an M. DCC. XLV, published in 1748 by Jean Baptiste Joseph d’Amarzit de Sahuguet, Baron of Espagnac (1713-1783).The Baron of Espagnac was a former brigadier in the French army who fought during the War of Polish Succession (1733-1738) and served under Marshal Maurice de Saxe (1696-1750) during the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748). He would publish a number of books on the art of war, his own military campaigns and Marshal De Saxe.
NotesSource of title: Based on the nature of the document.
Attributions and conjectures: Probably published in 1748, by Scheurleer, The Hague, under the title Relation de la campagne en Brabant et en Flandres, de l’an M. DCC. XLV.
Physical description: Laid paper; 14 pages; 3 large folio sheets, unbound, and 1 loose sheet.
Attributions and conjectures: Probably published in 1748, by Scheurleer, The Hague, under the title Relation de la campagne en Brabant et en Flandres, de l’an M. DCC. XLV.
Physical description: Laid paper; 14 pages; 3 large folio sheets, unbound, and 1 loose sheet.
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