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The Attack of the British 9th Corps at Messines Ridge.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 148+ivpp., sketch map & col. drawings of conventional (military) map identifications (HQs, &c.) in text, together with 10 fldg. maps (excellent cold. reproductions of British operational maps). Washington, US Govt. Printing Office.
1917
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Designated CONFIDENTIAL For official use only NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO FRONT LINE TRENCHES. An incredibly detailed study, founded on British official documents, of the planning & preparations for the attack on the Messines Ridge on 7th June 1917, the successful precursor to the Third Ypres offensive. Much on the administrative arrangements as well as the infantry attack, including al aspects of the assault. One of the most remarkable components of this study is the excellent series of finely reproduced actual size coloured folding maps (numbered 1-10) which consists of (1) Cross Country Tracks, IX Corps Area, 1:20,000, which was Compiled by IX Corps Topo. Section & dated 29/5/1917; (2) 1:10,000 scale map of the Army Front at Messines with superb details of attack arrangements, brigade & divisional boundaries, barrage lifts, objectives, &c., as well as detailed trench systems; (3) Corps Front & boundaries, i.e. 1:10,000 Wytschaete trench map (corrected to 1/4/1917) overprinted with boundaries & objectives; (4) Second Army Area, Sheet 3. 1:20,000. Information on Enemy Country; (5) Wytschaete 1:5:000. A very detailed map of the village & the defences, trenches & features around it; (6) Wytschaete trench map 1:10,000 overprinted with machine gun barrage lines & positions; (7) 1:20,000 scale map of region around Westroutre, Kemmeil, Messines, &c. Two British sheets reproduced side-by-side showing trench lines &c. with much interesting detail overprinted inc. HQs, admin. areas, boundaries, &c; (8) Map of entire region of operations from Poperinghe in NE corner, eastwards to Ypres &c., south to Ploegsteert, showing trenches, this overprinted with railway communications &c.; (9) Traffic Routes, IX Corps, 1:40,000; (10) 1:20,000 scale trench map overprinted with divisional boundaries, &c., in the rear area behind Wytschaete. VG, housed in modern cloth slipcase with orig. printed paper title panel to.
£325
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