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Loos [May 1915]

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Loos Battlefield [May 1915]. "1st Printing Coy., R.E., G.H.Q. (1,031)." Detail and grid black; German trenches in red; British front pecked black. Drawn by First Army Intelligence (copied from French war plans directeurs and revised from air photos) with British squaring, and lithographed at GHQ. Red plate registered with needles. Manuscript on reverse: 2/Lt. A. Waterlow, D. Coy, 19th [St. Pancras Battalion] London Regt. [141st Bridgade, 47th Division]. The Haisnes and Loos sheets were, in June 1915, combined into the new Auchy - Lens sheet.
Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC28; envelope_number: 829.

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Title
Loos [May 1915]
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Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--France
Description
Loos Battlefield [May 1915]. "1st Printing Coy., R.E., G.H.Q. (1,031)." Detail and grid black; German trenches in red; British front pecked black. Drawn by First Army Intelligence (copied from French war plans directeurs and revised from air photos) with British squaring, and lithographed at GHQ. Red plate registered with needles. Manuscript on reverse: 2/Lt. A. Waterlow, D. Coy, 19th [St. Pancras Battalion] London Regt. [141st Bridgade, 47th Division]. The Haisnes and Loos sheets were, in June 1915, combined into the new Auchy - Lens sheet. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC28; envelope_number: 829.
Publisher
Contributor
[Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section]
Date
1915-05
Type
Format
map, 1:10,000
Identifier
macrepo:71126, local: PC0532
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
France, Europe--France--Nord-Pas-de-Calais--Loos, Puits 14 bis, Hill 70
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