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[Second Army Area and part of First] grey and blue Ordnance Survey or War Office administrative base map : Map 1915.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: [Second Army Area and part of First] grey and blue Ordnance Survey or War Office administrative base map, with railways in black, covering front area from north of Clercken (north of Houthulst Forest) to Givenchy, Cuinchy and La Bassée, and as far east as Roulers, Menin, Tourcoing, Roubaix and Lille, o/p red with British 1:40,000 sheetlines (Sheets 20, 28, 36) and lettered and numbered squaring system (revised system of squaring, introduced December 1914). Possibly produced for air reconnaissance purposes. The first such grey and blue base map was apparently produced about mid-1915. Stone/plate for red o/p registered with needles. Portrait format sheet 55 x 38 cm. Not linen backed.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 15, 2018).
- From the Peter Chasseaud Collection.
- AMDigital Reference: PC0783ww1map.
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