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Lille [fortress plan directeur]

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Series Number Id: GSGS 2742a ("a" in red). Sheet number: 3. [Printed at OS]. Detail and contours black; 1914 system of squaring red; "Instructions as to the Use of the Squares" in red. Translations without accents in margin; scale in margin in yards only, and 1:20000 without comma; index to adjoining sheets in upper margin. A detailed, accurate pre-war French survey, photographically reproduced by the British. Used before regular series 1:20,000 became available. Probably the 2nd state; 1st had Instructions in black. Title and index diagram printed on verso., Manuscript in margin: 8 S[iege] B[attery] [?].
Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 371.

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Title
Lille [fortress plan directeur]: sheet 3
Creator
Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description
Series Number Id: GSGS 2742a ("a" in red). Sheet number: 3. [Printed at OS]. Detail and contours black; 1914 system of squaring red; "Instructions as to the Use of the Squares" in red. Translations without accents in margin; scale in margin in yards only, and 1:20000 without comma; index to adjoining sheets in upper margin. A detailed, accurate pre-war French survey, photographically reproduced by the British. Used before regular series 1:20,000 became available. Probably the 2nd state; 1st had Instructions in black. Title and index diagram printed on verso., Manuscript in margin: 8 S[iege] B[attery] [?]. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 371.
Publisher
Contributor
Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
Date
1914
Type
Format
1:20,000, map
Identifier
macrepo:71705, local: PC0651
Source
Language
eng, fre
Relation
Coverage
France, Europe--France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais--Armentières, Haubourdin, Fleurbaix
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