Manuscript, on paper watermarked 1810, a detailed table titled 'Present <Stat>ement of His Majesty the King of Prussia's Army'.

Author: 
[The Prussian Army (Königlich Preußische Armee), 1810]
Present <Stat>ement of His Majesty the King of Prussia's Army
Publication details: 
[Circa 1810.]
£325.00
SKU: 9984

Landscape folio leaf (32.5 x 40.5 cm), 1 p. On paper watermarked 'JOHN HALL | 1810'. Neatly ruled to make a complex, detailed table, in three columns of 31 rows each. The table has a central vertical fold, with the left hand side of the reverse mounted on a leaf removed from an autograph album. In poor condition, with around an eighth of the total area of the paper and text lacking, mostly from the bottom right-hand corner. Despite the loss the table (presumably prepared for the British War Office) contains a mass of valuable information. The table begins under the heading 'Staff', with seven sections divisions including 'His Majesty's first Adjutant of Cavalry' and 'War Department'. Beneath this are the three columns, each subdivided into 'Names', 'Brigades', 'Strong.', 'Year of form:' and 'Are formed out of'. The first column, 'Cavalry', is complete, with details of 'Cuirassiers', 'Dragoons', 'Hussars', 'Uhlans' and 'Horse Artillery'. First entry: 'Garde du Corps | Brandenburgh | 5 troops | 1740. | Formerly the 13th.' Second column, 'Infantry, with list of 27 'Regiments of the Line', followed by three rows of 'Riflem'. Loss to text of all three of the latter, and to 12 of the entries on the regiments. Third column, headed 'Artillery', has four rows of details relating to the artillery, followed by two rows of 'Brigade Adjutants', two rows of 'Officers of the Army', three rows of 'Additional Corps', and six rows of 'Formation of Grenadiers'. Beneath this, a section beginning 'Recapitulation' has been almost entirely lost'. Perhaps relevant to Prussian efforts at Waterloo.