Somme-Ancre-Gebiet, Blatt 14 N.O. (Havrincourt) : [Battle of Cambrai]

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Battle of Cambrai - for 14th Heavy Artillery Group (artillery preparation). [Trenches to November 1917?] "Bearbeitet von der V.A. [Vermessungs Abteilung = Field Survey Unit] 23, nach eigenen Erkundungen, Fliegerbildern und Beutekarten" [from intelligence, air photos and captured documents]. British original photostat on tracing cloth of captured German map. British translation of reference attached: Legend - trenches, dugouts, mines, MGs, Minenwerfer, Regt & Batt HQs, wire entanglements, light rlys, wells. Detail, etc grey. Manuscript overdrawing for German defence scheme as per Legend in black, blue and red ink., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC16; envelope_number: 466, Manuscript on reverse: 14 H[eavy] A[rtillery] G[roup]. Used by Major J. C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows).

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Title: Somme-Ancre-Gebiet, Blatt 14 N.O. (Havrincourt) : [Battle of Cambrai]
Creator
Subject: World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description: Battle of Cambrai - for 14th Heavy Artillery Group (artillery preparation). [Trenches to November 1917?] "Bearbeitet von der V.A. [Vermessungs Abteilung = Field Survey Unit] 23, nach eigenen Erkundungen, Fliegerbildern und Beutekarten" [from intelligence, air photos and captured documents]. British original photostat on tracing cloth of captured German map. British translation of reference attached: Legend - trenches, dugouts, mines, MGs, Minenwerfer, Regt & Batt HQs, wire entanglements, light rlys, wells. Detail, etc grey. Manuscript overdrawing for German defence scheme as per Legend in black, blue and red ink., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC16; envelope_number: 466, Manuscript on reverse: 14 H[eavy] A[rtillery] G[roup]. Used by Major J. C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows).
Publisher
Contributor: [Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date: 1917-11
Type
Format: 1:10,000, map
Identifier: macrepo:71325, local: PC0612
Source
Language: ger
Relation
Coverage: France, Europe--France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais--Hermies, Havrincourt, Trescault
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