Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) : France - Scale 1:20,000 Accession Number: AWM2022.10.376

Description

[3DRL/2316 Series 10 Map 147] A composite map of the Western Front region of Northern France covering the area between the towns of Villers-Bretonneux and Dernancourt and the Somme and Ancre rivers. Made of parts of up to four separate sheets at 1:20 000 scale, cut and pasted together. Shows populated places and main buildings, roads, railways, chapels, cemeteries, chateaux, watercourses, woods and other terrain and vegetation features. Relief shown by contours. Enemy trenches, other defensive works and bridges shown in both red and blue.
Hand annotations include a black ink border approx. 1 inch in from the edge of the maps. Similar ink lines outline territory captured from the enemy in operations between 28 March and 29 July 1918, which are coloured in different coloured ink. Lower right corner has a large white label attached as a legend. This contains typed text “This Chart shows, in different colours, the successive attacks carried out by the Australian Corps on the AMIENS front, from March 27th, 1918 to the present date (30-7-18), viz:-“ Then is listed 12 different colours starting with pale green to sage green, giving the infantry brigades involved and the date for the action. Underneath is more typed text outlining enemy prisoners and equipment captured and German divisions encountered. Final sentence is “Corrected to 30-7-18”
Top right corner has the penciled date 26-3-18 and the bottom right corner has 146 in a circle. On the rear, the top right corner has the blue pencil numeral 3, upper left has the blue ink stamped numerals 147 and the bottom left has the pencil 3DRL/2316.040. Centre top has a linen repair to the map hinge.