Vignacourt administrative map : army area map, Oct. 24th 1918

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Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: 51, 57, 62. Edition number: 3. Fourth Army training areas map, 24 October 1918. "[5th] Field Survey Co., R.E. (3595) 28-5-18 [numbers stroked out with black overprint and followed with] (4558) 27-10-18". Grey detail; overprint in black. "Secret", in black overprint, is scratched out with blue pencil crayon. Below title statement in black overprint: (This cancels map issued Sep. 2nd 1918.) Includes graphic of boar's head (Rawlinson's symbol for his Fourth Army). Shows detailed, designated areas of the Fourth Army. Main black overprint covers area: Abbeville - Senarpont - Brocourt - Somme Valley - Longpre - Hangest - Picquigny - Dury - Boves - Amiens - Corbia - Albert - Villers-Bretonneux. In the upper right corner, the number "2" is noted and circled with blue pencil crayon., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC22; envelope_number: 687.

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Title: Vignacourt administrative map : army area map, Oct. 24th 1918
Creator
Subject: World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description: Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: 51, 57, 62. Edition number: 3. Fourth Army training areas map, 24 October 1918. "[5th] Field Survey Co., R.E. (3595) 28-5-18 [numbers stroked out with black overprint and followed with] (4558) 27-10-18". Grey detail; overprint in black. "Secret", in black overprint, is scratched out with blue pencil crayon. Below title statement in black overprint: (This cancels map issued Sep. 2nd 1918.) Includes graphic of boar's head (Rawlinson's symbol for his Fourth Army). Shows detailed, designated areas of the Fourth Army. Main black overprint covers area: Abbeville - Senarpont - Brocourt - Somme Valley - Longpre - Hangest - Picquigny - Dury - Boves - Amiens - Corbia - Albert - Villers-Bretonneux. In the upper right corner, the number "2" is noted and circled with blue pencil crayon., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC22; envelope_number: 687.
Publisher
Contributor: [Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date: 1918-10-24
Type
Format: 1:100,000, map
Identifier: macrepo:74385, local: PC0824
Source
Language: eng
Relation
Coverage: France, Europe--France--Picardie--Doullens, Abbeville, Vignacourt, Amiens, Somme River
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