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La Bassée : Map 1915.

First World War (module 1: Personal Experiences) Available online

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Language:
English
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Summary:
Description: GSGS 3049a Area: la Bassée - Railway Triangle - Auchy-lez-la-Bassée - canal - Cambrin - Cuinchy - Givenchy - Canteleux. Detail (including water & ditches), grid, arbitrary target numbers in circles, and British front (pecked), black. German trenches (including the la Bassée defences 3,000 yards behind the front line) red. One of early 1915 inverted series covering First Army front. An identical copy was received in the GSGS Map Room (War Office) on 18-4-15, indicating little time lost between drawing (in France) and printing (at Southampton). A similar sheet (GSGS 3049) was printed at 1:5,000 at the same time.
Notes:
Description based on online resource (viewed on October 15, 2018).
From the Peter Chasseaud Collection.
AMDigital Reference: PC0516ww1map.

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