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[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Oostaverne, part of sheet 28

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Series Number Id: GSGS 3567; Sheet number: part of sheet 28. One of four maps out of a set of five 1:5,000 sheets prepared specially for the Battle of Messines (7th June 1917). Trenches to 1st April 1917. OS May 1917. [Enlarged from 1:10,000 trench maps]. German trenches red, with names blue. British front & support trenches in blue. Metre gauge railway in red., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 383, Manuscript on face: for use as artillery fighting map; artillery arcs & zero line (through Wytschaete church) in pencil.

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Title
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Oostaverne, part of sheet 28
Creator
Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
Description
Series Number Id: GSGS 3567; Sheet number: part of sheet 28. One of four maps out of a set of five 1:5,000 sheets prepared specially for the Battle of Messines (7th June 1917). Trenches to 1st April 1917. OS May 1917. [Enlarged from 1:10,000 trench maps]. German trenches red, with names blue. British front & support trenches in blue. Metre gauge railway in red., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 383, Manuscript on face: for use as artillery fighting map; artillery arcs & zero line (through Wytschaete church) in pencil.
Publisher
Contributor
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
Date
1917-04-01
Type
Format
1:5,000, map
Identifier
macrepo:70852, local: PC0492
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Belgium, Europe--Belgium--Wytschaete, Oostaverne
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