Contour map of the Somme position, Section II, Morlancourt Ridge. (Running East and West between ...

Accession Number J00068
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half-plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Morlancourt
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Contour map of the Somme position, Section II, Morlancourt Ridge. (Running East and West between Ancre and Somme Rivers.) Dotted line shows approximate line 27 March 1918. Dashed line shows advances made by Australian Brigades along Ridge (May 1918-July 1918). Black line shows ultimate Australian line (end of July 1918). The line just east of Treux Village and Marett Wood was made good on 27 March and 28 March and should be included in the dotted line. This map, AW. No. 11, was drawn by 6449 Corporal Edgar Francis Halford, Australian War Records Section.

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