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Lens Canal

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Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: Part of Sheet 36. Edition number: 3. Loos-Lens Area; trench, counter-battery and enemy organisation map, 1917. "Trenches corrected to 2-10-17". "Field Survey Co., R.E. 5101 [numbers crossed out and replaced with green overprint] 5179". Detail, grid and contours grey; British trenches and trench names to a depth of 1000 yards blue; German trenches and trench names red; enemy organisation green. [Enemy battery] positions active and positions inactive, between 20-9-17 and 7-10-17, shown in black. Red stamp in margin: No. 7 Canadian Siege Battery, Oct 15 1917., Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC, OC 20th Siege Battery. WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC23, Envelope 717.

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Title
Lens Canal
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Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: Part of Sheet 36. Edition number: 3. Loos-Lens Area; trench, counter-battery and enemy organisation map, 1917. "Trenches corrected to 2-10-17". "Field Survey Co., R.E. 5101 [numbers crossed out and replaced with green overprint] 5179". Detail, grid and contours grey; British trenches and trench names to a depth of 1000 yards blue; German trenches and trench names red; enemy organisation green. [Enemy battery] positions active and positions inactive, between 20-9-17 and 7-10-17, shown in black. Red stamp in margin: No. 7 Canadian Siege Battery, Oct 15 1917., Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC, OC 20th Siege Battery. WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC23, Envelope 717.
Publisher
Contributor
[Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date
1917-10-02
Type
Format
1:20,000, map
Identifier
macrepo:71683, local: PC0629ww1map
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
France, Europe--France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais--Loos, Lens, Canal de Lens, Harnes, Dourges, Beaumont
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