Barrage Maps and Battle Plans

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Blaireville 51c.SE.4
Blaireville 51c.SE.4
Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 6, Envelope 174.
Bois Rasé : [Loos Battlefield, Hill 70, field artillery barrage map, 1917]
Bois Rasé : [Loos Battlefield, Hill 70, field artillery barrage map, 1917]
Sheet number: [36 SW2]. Overprint in blue: Barrage map "M" [Canadian Corps]. "Trenches corrected to 9-7-17". "1st Field Survey Coy., R.E. 2458." Detail, grid & contours grey; German trenches and names red; British trenches and names blue; corps & divisional boundaries blue; field artillery barrage lines & timings black; jumping off line, final objective & posts green; intermediate objectives blue & red lines. The field artillery barrage map for the capture of Hill 70, 15 August 1917. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows)., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 655
Brick works : [Loos Battlefield, Hill 70, medium & heavy artillery barrage map, 1917]
Brick works : [Loos Battlefield, Hill 70, medium & heavy artillery barrage map, 1917]
Sheet number: [36c SW]. Overprint in green: Barrage map for medium & heavy howitzers. "Trenches corrected to 20-7-17". "1st Field Survey Co., R.E. 2507." Detail, grid & contours grey; German trenches & names red; British front line grey; medium artillery barrage with battery numbers green; heavy artillery barrage with battery numbers blue. The medium & heavy artillery barrage map for the capture of Hill 70, 15 August 1917. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows)., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 656
Cambrai Road
Cambrai Road
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of Sheet 51. Edition number: 2. Arras and area to east and south east; Canadian Corps trench and machine gun barrage map, 1918. In black overprint, "Secret. M. G. Barrage Map No.25. Important. Figures indicate time at which line must be clear of fire." In blue overprint, "Trenches corrected to 27-7-18." "Enemy organisation, 27-7-18" in red overprint. "Field Survey Battn. R.E. 6735 [with black overprint above] 6770". Detail and grid grey; contours ochre. British trenches and names, and German rear organisation red; German trenches and names blue. Black overprint includes title statement, barrage zones with jumping off line, objective, protective barrage and exploitation, with barrage lines and timings, and inter-divisional boundaries and Corps southern boundary., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC27; envelope_number: 781.
Cambrai Road
Cambrai Road
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of Sheet 51. Edition number: 2. Arras and area to east and south east; Canadian Corps trench and barrage map, 1918. "Trenches corrected to 27-7-18." "Field Survey Battn. R.E. 6735 [numbers crossed out and replaced with black overprint] 6769". Detail and grid grey; contours ochre. "Enemy Organisation 27-7-18" in red. British trenches and names, and German rear organisation red. German trenches and names blue. "Secret, Canadian Corps Barrage A" in black overprint, along with barrage zones shown for 2nd Canadian Div. and 3rd Canadian Div., with barrage lines and timings, and inter-divisional boundaries and Corps southern boundary., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC27; envelope_number: 780.
Cherisy : [Arras/Cambrai Battlefield]
Cherisy : [Arras/Cambrai Battlefield]
Sheet number: part of 51b SW. Edition number: 3c. "Detail and trenches revised to 20-9-17." "Field Survey Co., (10055) [crossed out and replaced with] (29-9-17 /10054)". Detail, grid and contours grey; all trenches (British and German) with names red. Manuscript on face: Secret. Copy - B Coy [8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16th Div], 29/10/17. WCC [Willie Conarchy?]. Markings for diversionary attack of 16th Div timed to coincide with start of Battle of Cambrai (20th November 1917): Centre Division, Inter-Divisional Boundary, Inter-Brigade Boundary in blue-black ink; approx British Front Line in blue crayon; Intermediate Objective in red ink and crayon; Reconnoitring Patrols in red ink and red pecked crayon; First Objective in green crayon; Second Objective in blue pecked crayon; Third Objective in blue and brown pecked crayon. Pencil markings W of Fontaine: Raid 23/X [23rd October]. Some modern ball-point additions by brother-officer of original user. Manuscript on reverse: Lt. Col. Healy. The 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers was in the Northern Brigade of the Centre (16th Irish) Division in this attack, in which the 3rd +amp; 16th Divisions captured the Hindenburg Support Trench. WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC15, Envelope 396.
Lens 36c.SW.1
Lens 36c.SW.1
Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 6, Envelope 188.
Lens 36c.SW.1
Lens 36c.SW.1
Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 6, Envelope 185.
Marœuil
Marœuil
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of Sheet 51. Vimy Ridge 1918; Canadian Corps trench and defensive barrage map. "Trenches corrected to 30-1-18." "Field Survey Co., R.E. 5585 (numbers crossed out and replaced with green overprint) 5812." Detail, contours and grid grey; British trenches and trench names blue; German trenches and trench names red. Green overprint includes title statement; lanes and barrage lines divided into A, B, and C Sectors, and each sub-divided into lanes 1-4; also shows boundaries with Canadian Corps to north, XVII Corps to south, and Inter-Divisional Boundary., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC24; envelope_number: 726.
Mœuvres : objective and barrage map
Mœuvres : objective and barrage map
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: parts of 57c N.W. N.E., S.W. & S.E. Edition number: 5f. Battle of Cambrai. "Secret, objective and barrage map." "Special sheet". "Detail and trenches revised to 1-11-17." "Field Survey Co (10,158)". "Approximate British front line 1-11-17." Detail and grid grey; contours yellow-ochre; trenches in red; approximate British front line in black. "517" printed in cartouche. Barrage lines and details for Cambrai battle, including smoke barrages, printed in green, brown and black., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC27; envelope_number: 782.
Reservoir Hill : [Lens Battlefield August 1917, barrage map]
Reservoir Hill : [Lens Battlefield August 1917, barrage map]
"Barrage map, Canadian Corps, Artillery Order no. 65". Sheet: [36cSW]. "Trenches corrected to 18-8-17". "1st Field Survey Co., RE. 2442". Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches and names red; old British front line grey; final objective and 1st, 2nd & 4th Canadian divisional artillery boundaries green. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows). WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC21, Envelope 651.
Sailly
Sailly
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of Sheet 51. Canal du Nord, Hindenburg Line and Marquion Line, 1918; trench and Canadian Machine Gun Corps barrage map. "Trenches corrected to 22-9-18." "[1st] Field Survey Battn R.E. 6941 [numbers crossed out and replaced with black overprint] 6951". Detail and grid grey; contours ochre; pale blue water. Black overprint includes title statement and note, and shows northern and southern boundaries of Canadian Corps. "Approximate British Front Line" shown in dark blue. Shows all trenches in blue, including the German positions of the Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord Line and Marquion Line., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC27; envelope_number: 785.
Secret "AX6" : [Oosttaverne, Wytschaete]
Secret "AX6" : [Oosttaverne, Wytschaete]
Series Number Id: GSGS 3547. Battle of Messines. [Composite, cut down] Second Army Front, map J, Ordnance Survey April 1917, and another map to the east (unidentified, possibly GSGS 3548). Detail and grid grey; water blue; German trenches red, with names in blue., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 523, Manuscript on face: British field artillery creeping barrage lines and details eastwards through Oosttaverne from dotted black line. For 19th Div. sector near Wytschaete: 19th Divl Arty Group - A, B, C & D Sub Groups. Manuscript on reverse: Secret Map AX6.
Secret, Canadian Corps barrage map "A" : [Battle of Drocourt, Queant Line 1918]
Secret, Canadian Corps barrage map "A" : [Battle of Drocourt, Queant Line 1918]
Series Number Id: GSGS 2742; Sheet number: 51b SW & 51b SE, Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC27; envelope_number: 803
Secret, Second Army barrage map, June 1917 : [Oosttaverne, Wytschaete]
Secret, Second Army barrage map, June 1917 : [Oosttaverne, Wytschaete]
Series Number Id: GSGS 3532. Battle of Messines. Heading in left margin: (Special) 1:10,000 map 8150/2. "2nd F.S. Co. 2083 29-5-17." "Ordnance Survey, April, 1917." Secret Second Army [IX Corps] barrage map. Detail, grid and contours grey; water pale blue; German trenches red, with names in blue; barrage lines and timings for 19th, 16th and 36th Divisions overprint blue. Shows creeping barrage lines, conversion table, and Corps and Division boundaries and timings (all in blue)., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC18; envelope_number: 535
Secret, Watten Bridge Head - Merckeghem Switch - St. Omer - Sercus Line : artillery positions
Secret, Watten Bridge Head - Merckeghem Switch - St. Omer - Sercus Line : artillery positions
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of sheet 27. Secret, Second Army rear defences, July 1918. Title statement in red overprint. "[4th] Field Survey Bn. (9458B) 15-7-18." Grey base map. Main defence line, HQs and OPs in red; gun and howitzer positions in black., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC19; envelope_number: 578.
Secret, Watten Bridge Head - Merckeghem Switch - St. Omer - Sercus Line : artillery positions
Secret, Watten Bridge Head - Merckeghem Switch - St. Omer - Sercus Line : artillery positions
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: part of sheet 27. Secret, Second Army rear defences, July 1918. Supplied title in red overprint. "Field Survey Bn. R.E. (9458A) 11-7-18." Grey base map. Main defence line, HQs and OPs in red; gun and howitzer positions in black., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC19; envelope_number: 579.
Seine, Meuse and Rhine Basins
Seine, Meuse and Rhine Basins
Series Number Id: GSGS 3695. Armistice line and stages of advance into Germany, November 1918. Detail grey; water blue. Red overprint shows armistice line and stages of advance and boundaries of Belgian, British, French and American armies to the Rhine. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 661.
Seine, Meuse and Rhine Basins
Seine, Meuse and Rhine Basins
Series Number Id: GSGS 3695. Armistice line, stages of advance into Germany and Rhine bridgeheads, November 1918. Detail grey; water blue. Blue overprint shows armistice line and stages of advance and boundaries of Belgian, British, French and American armies to the Rhine, and zones and Rhine bridgeheads at Köln, Koblenz and Mainz. "The 10 Km neutral zone [around bridgeheads] is shaded"., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 662.
Vieille Chapelle : map 'F.1', secret, XIII Corps counter preparation, July 18th 1918
Vieille Chapelle : map 'F.1', secret, XIII Corps counter preparation, July 18th 1918
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Sheet number: 36a SE2. Edition number: 3. "Trenches corrected to 16-6-18." Portions of 36aSE and 36NW have been redrawn from recent surveys. The detail differs from the regular 1/20,000 sheets in these areas. Detail, grid and contours grey; British trenches blue; German trenches and names red; British trenches, rear defence lines and names blue; overprint black. Zones shown for Harrassing Area (pale blue), Forward Battery Area, and Trench Mortar Area (pale green), with A to U lettered barrage lanes. Corps boundaries in green; British Front Line in chain-dotted blue and light blue., At top of map, black overprint: Map 'F.1', secret, XIII Corps counter preparation, July 18th 1918. "Field Survey Co. R.E. 6372 [number crossed out and replaced with black overprint] 6562." WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC27, Envelope 779.

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