Thiepval trench map—X Corps annotated First-day Somme Offensive objectives 1916

1916 (base trenches corrected to 28 April 1916; attached map dated 27 May 1916; manuscript additions probably late June 1916, associated with preparations for the 1 July Somme offensive)

Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office (series G.S.G.S. 2742); printed by the Ordnance Survey, 1916; attached hostile-trench assault objective sheet printed by 1st Printing Company, Royal Engineers, Fourth Army Section (job 312), 27 May 1916; typed reference slip and manuscript annotations by an unidentified X Corps artillery/staff officer

British Army trench map series G.S.G.S. 2742 (France, 1:20,000), Sheet 57D S.E., Edition 2B, "Trenches corrected to 28-4-16", 1916 — the pre-Somme edition (2B/2B(S), both dated 28 April 1916). German trenches printed red, British front line and named Ancre bridges printed; scale bars, square-reference instructions and reference panel printed. With: (1) attached 1:20,000 target sheet, 1st Printing Coy R.E., IV Army Sect. (312), dated 27-5-16, German trenches red with numbered points A1–A22, B1–B26, C1–C13, D1–D13, note "The villages (except Pozières) within the German lines are shown according to latest information available"; (2) pasted typed reference slip (water symbols, guns 15" to 18 pdr, divisional and brigade boundary bands) with manuscript key "Traffic routes behind enemy line".

Good; suitable for framing. Light spotting. Extensive contemporary manual annotations, for which a typed and handwritten legend has been pasted bottom right. A separate contemporary target map on the same scale has been pinned to the top left hand corner. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. This is a folding map. Folded into sections on linen. Outer cover panel printed with title and index to adjoining sheets. Other panels contain a glossary

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