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[FLERS-GUEUDECOURT: AUSTRALIAN[?] DIVISIONAL DEFENCE SCHEME; MANUSCRIPT MAP] : Map 1916.

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

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Description: Reference for 12th M[achine] Gun [Company] Positions, 12th A[ustralian?] L[ight] T[rench] M[ortar] Bty Positions, SOS Relay Stations, Rest Stations, Infantry Posts, Lewis Gun Positions, Bombing Posts, Observation Posts, Snipers Posts & Strombus Horns. Signs for Wrecked Tanks. Area: North of Flers (inclusive) - & Gueudecourt (inclusive) - SOS Line (in No Man's Land) - South of Flers - Delville Wood. MS map on stout tracing paper showing British defence scheme, possibly for ANZAC Div. Detail & grid black. Contours blue. Divisional boundaries green. Brigade boundary brown. German trenches red. British trenches black. Reserve Line, SOS Line & artillery zones 1-4 yellow. MG positions blue. Intermediate Line, Rest Stations & SOS Relay Station & Bombing Posts red. Infantry Posts & Trench Mortar Battery Positions brown. Snipers Posts green. Strombus Horns blue. OPs yellow. Used by Major J. C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows).
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Description based on online resource (viewed on October 15, 2018).
From the Peter Chasseaud Collection.
AMDigital Reference: PC0613ww1map.

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