Plans und Journals von denen Belagerungen des letzteren krieges in Flandern (...).

4to : [6 (of 10)]-119-[1] pp. (lacking 2 prel. ff.: printed title and "Tabelle"; 1 prel. f. bound at end; occ. dampstaining).  

Mod. vellum, flat spine. Good copy.

An account of Louis XVs sieges in the Austrian Netherlands from 1744 to the conclusion of the conflict in 1748.With the Treaty of Paris Louis XV agreed to commit France to an aggressive campaign in the Austrian Netherlands. The Plans und journals provides a description and a plan of each of the major French sieges of this campaign, from the opening attacks on Menin and Ypres in 1744 under Marshall Noailles to those of Bergen op Zoom by Marshall Lowendhal in 1747 and Maastrich in 1748 under Marshalls Saxe and Lowendhal together. 25 folding engr. maps, i.a. Ypres, Furnes, Tournay, Oudenarde, Dendermonde, Ostend, Brüssel, Antorff, Sluys, Hulst, Mastricht. Ref. VD-18 11521856. BL. Not in BnF.