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The plan shows the area of Berg-op-Zoom between the Bastions Pucelle and Coehoorn
1746
Plan du front d’attaque de Berg-op-Zoom avec ses contremines
- Publication date: c.1746
- Physical description: Manuscript plan, black and red ink.
- Dimensions: 460 by 600mm. (18 by 23.5 inches).
- Inventory reference: 2993
Notes
The plan shows the area of Berg-op-Zoom between the Bastions Pucelle and Coehoorn. Delineated in read are the subterranean passages within the fortifications.
At the time of the siege, the fortress town of Bergen-op-Zoom had ten bastions covered by five hornworks, or demi-bastions connected by a curtain wall. The intervals contained twenty one ravelins which were covered by stone lunettes. The environs were marshland.
The capture of the city would be a signal defeat for the Dutch during the Austrian War of Succession, and it would open the door for an invasion of the Dutch Netherlands.
At the time of the siege, the fortress town of Bergen-op-Zoom had ten bastions covered by five hornworks, or demi-bastions connected by a curtain wall. The intervals contained twenty one ravelins which were covered by stone lunettes. The environs were marshland.
The capture of the city would be a signal defeat for the Dutch during the Austrian War of Succession, and it would open the door for an invasion of the Dutch Netherlands.
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