{"title":"Ginchy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"secret-montauban-trench-map-first-night-somme-offensive-bombardment-24-june-1916-p-8-007248","title":"Secret Montauban trench map—First night Somme offensive bombardment—24 June 1916","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eMontauban. Parts of Sheets 57D S.E., 57C S.W., 62D N.E., 62C N.W. Trenches corrected to 2-6-16. Scale 1:20,000 [cover panel: Trench Map — Secret — Montauban. Scale 1:20,000.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA British trench map marked up with artillery targets for the first night of the Somme's preliminary bombardment, 24–25 June 1916. Stamped SECRET and numbered Copy No. 5, its cover is inscribed 'Night U\/V No. 5' above 'Barrage Points'. U and V denote 24 and 25 June: contemporary artillery orders and a dated diary corroborate this interpretation. The coloured manuscript marks allocate German positions and approaches to British and French weapons, explained by a handwritten key at upper right: heavy howitzers in red on Pommiers Redoubt and the Montauban defences; French 220 mm howitzers in black on the village and Glatz Redoubt; French 75s in blue; 60-pounders and 4.5-inch howitzers in green across Bernafay and Trônes Woods; 4.7-inch guns in yellow on Longueval and Guillemont; and 6-inch Mark VII guns in orange on Ginchy and, off the sheet, Combles. These marks identify targets, rather than the locations of the guns. The geography and Anglo-French artillery scheme are consistent with the XIII Corps sector. The cover's night designation links this copy to the opening bombardment a week before the infantry assault on 1 July. Montauban special sheet, G.S.G.S. 3188, at 1:20,000; trenches corrected to 2 June 1916. Folding and linen-backed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231669113179,"sku":"P-8-007248","price":1720.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007248a.jpg?v=1790885168"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/ginchy.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}