Laventie East Post : [Armentières, Neuve-Chapelle Front]

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Sheet number: [36 SW1]. "Measured & drawn 3rd-9th Oct. 1915, traced 3rd Nov.1915". Very large scale (6-inches = 500 feet, or 1:1000). A complete defence scheme showing all trenches, dugouts, wire, firebays, duckboards, machine guns, drains, etc. with reference key, and including a cross-section of a trench showing its relationship to original ground level (parapet, parados, firestep). Provides a remarkable insight into late-1915 trench construction and defence doctrine., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 519, Manuscript: signed: E.N. Kenyon [?] Col., C.R.E. 20 Div.

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Title: Laventie East Post : [Armentières, Neuve-Chapelle Front]
Creator
Subject: World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description: Sheet number: [36 SW1]. "Measured & drawn 3rd-9th Oct. 1915, traced 3rd Nov.1915". Very large scale (6-inches = 500 feet, or 1:1000). A complete defence scheme showing all trenches, dugouts, wire, firebays, duckboards, machine guns, drains, etc. with reference key, and including a cross-section of a trench showing its relationship to original ground level (parapet, parados, firestep). Provides a remarkable insight into late-1915 trench construction and defence doctrine., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 519, Manuscript: signed: E.N. Kenyon [?] Col., C.R.E. 20 Div.
Publisher
Contributor: [Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date: 1915-11-03
Type
Format: 1:1,000, map
Identifier: macrepo:70855, local: PC0495
Source
Language: eng
Relation
Coverage: France, Europe--France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais--Laventie, Armentières, Neuve-Chapelle
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