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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
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Kingdom of the Netherlands: Waterloo (now in Belgium). 'Bataille de Waterloo': detailed...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2585
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This record is about the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Waterloo (now in Belgium). 'Bataille de Waterloo': detailed... dating from [c 1815-1831] in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/2585
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c 1815-1831]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Kingdom of the Netherlands: Waterloo (now in Belgium). 'Bataille de Waterloo': detailed map of the battle on 18 June 1815 showing the positions and movements of forces during the victory of Blücher and the Duke of Wellington over Napoléon Bonaparte. Reference table to symbols; descriptive reference notes. Longer title in a circular cartouche, mainly missing due to damage. Scale bars in miles, metres, toises, Brussels verges and Rhineland verges. South at the top. According to the War Office docket book, it was copied [?from an original drawn by W B Craan] by Captain Ives Stocker, Royal Engineers, August 1831.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- G 178
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 65 cm x 54 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:12500
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured. Damaged on the right-hand side
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 690
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3271529/
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