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[Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Belgium : Frezenberg, Zonnebeke Region]

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Sheet number: [28 NE1]. Third Battle of Ypres; Map E12, 8th Division 11-8-17. Legend to trenches, rifle pits, wire, machine guns, emplacements, dugouts, telephone exchanges, dumps, batteries, obs. posts. Message Pad form on reverse. Uncontoured intelligence and reporting map printed on field duplicator (Ellam or Zygad). Detail and grid (at angle to sheetlines) black, water (Hanbeek etc) blue, German trenches, rifle pits and wire red, other intelligence in blue as per legend. Period of crucial wet August weather during which II Corps got bogged down in this area in this initial stage of Third Ypres. 8th Division attacked here on 31 July (losing some 3000 men), gaining a line running roughly from Frezenberg to Westhoek, but in the attack of 16 August (for which this map was prepared) it hardly gained any ground (losing another 2000 men); there was stalemate until 20 September., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope number: 496

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Title
[Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Belgium : Frezenberg, Zonnebeke Region]
Creator
Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
Description
Sheet number: [28 NE1]. Third Battle of Ypres; Map E12, 8th Division 11-8-17. Legend to trenches, rifle pits, wire, machine guns, emplacements, dugouts, telephone exchanges, dumps, batteries, obs. posts. Message Pad form on reverse. Uncontoured intelligence and reporting map printed on field duplicator (Ellam or Zygad). Detail and grid (at angle to sheetlines) black, water (Hanbeek etc) blue, German trenches, rifle pits and wire red, other intelligence in blue as per legend. Period of crucial wet August weather during which II Corps got bogged down in this area in this initial stage of Third Ypres. 8th Division attacked here on 31 July (losing some 3000 men), gaining a line running roughly from Frezenberg to Westhoek, but in the attack of 16 August (for which this map was prepared) it hardly gained any ground (losing another 2000 men); there was stalemate until 20 September., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope number: 496
Publisher
Contributor
[Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date
1917-08-11
Type
Format
1:5,000, map
Identifier
macrepo:70412, local: PC0487
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Belgium, Europe--Belgium--Ypres, Frezenberg, Zonnebeke
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