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Map of the Rue d'Enfer : [Neuve Chapelle Battlefield]

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Sheet number: [36 SW1]. Sketch map of the Rue d'Enfer, in the Aubers - Neuve Chapelle area, showing roads, buildings, park, garden and distillery, with buildings lettered for reference (no key). "S.H.C. Woolrych, Intelligence Corps." "No. 3 Section 1st Ptg Coy., R.E. (166)." British system of squaring superimposed with artillery target numbers in circles. All printed to read inverted (i.e. with north at the bottom) as was First Army's practice at the time, and at angle to sheet edges., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 484

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Title
Map of the Rue d'Enfer : [Neuve Chapelle Battlefield]
Creator
Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description
Sheet number: [36 SW1]. Sketch map of the Rue d'Enfer, in the Aubers - Neuve Chapelle area, showing roads, buildings, park, garden and distillery, with buildings lettered for reference (no key). "S.H.C. Woolrych, Intelligence Corps." "No. 3 Section 1st Ptg Coy., R.E. (166)." British system of squaring superimposed with artillery target numbers in circles. All printed to read inverted (i.e. with north at the bottom) as was First Army's practice at the time, and at angle to sheet edges., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 484
Publisher
Contributor
Woolrych, S.H.C., [Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date
1915-02
Type
Format
1:5,000, map
Identifier
macrepo:70856, local: PC0496
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
France, Europe--Nord-Pas-de-Calais--Aubers, Neuve Chapelle--France
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