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Russo-Turkish Wars

The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92

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    Map of the Battle of Kagul, 1770 (Cahul, Raionul Cahul, Moldova) 45°54'27"N 28°11'40"E

    1770 or later

    Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:21,200 approx. | RCIN 733078

    A map of the Battle of Kagul fought on 1 August 1770 between the Russians, commanded by Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725-96), and the combined forces of the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, commanded by Ivazzade Haili Pasha (1724-77), resulting in a Russian victory. Russo-Turkish War (1768-74). Oriented with east to top (cardinal points).

    This map shows how the Russian army was deployed into rectangular formations during the course of the action which saw a Russian force of about 40,000 mean defeat the Turks with about 155,000 men. With the involvement of about a quarter of a million troops, this was one of the largest land battles of the eighteenth century.

    Condition: one fold line; slight surface dirt on both sides.

    • Anonymous (draughtsman)

      Subject(s)

      Army-Russia
      Army-Turkey

    • Watermark: Lily in crowned shield suspending a bell or beehive, the name C & I HONIG below; countermark: IV

      Condition: one fold line; slight surface dirt on both sides

    • Scale: 1:21,200 approx. Scale bar: Faden [151 mm =] 3 Werste.

      45.5 x 67.3 cm (neatline)

      46.4 x 67.9 cm (image)

      48.1 x 70.2 cm (platemark)

      50.9 x 72.5 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      Планъ движенїи атаки и совершенной … // Plan der Schlacht und des vollkommenen Sieges, / den die Armee Ihro Kayserlichen Maiestæt über die / vom Grossvizier selbst angefürte Turckische Armee / in Bessarabien am Fluss Kagul den 21. Jul / 1770 erfochten hat. [top right, in simple cartouche designed as a scroll, in Russian and German]

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Battle of the Kagul 21 July 1770.

      Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XVII/[?] 4; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] Battle of the Kagul 21 July 1770; [top, right of centre, black pencil:] Kagul.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Kagul Plan der Schlacht und des vollkommenen Sieges den die Armee Ihro Kayserlichen Majestæt uber die vom Grossvizier selbst angefurte Turkische Armee / in Bessarabien am Fluss Kagul den 21 Jul. 1770 [i.e. 1 August] erfochten hat.

    • Subject(s)

      Cahul, Raionul Cahul, Moldova (45°54'27"N 28°11'40"E)

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