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Spain: Fuentes de Oñoro: 'Plan of the Field of Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro 3 and 5...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5642
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This record is about the Spain: Fuentes de Oñoro: 'Plan of the Field of Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro 3 and 5... dating from 1811-1869 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 78/5642
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1811-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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Spain: Fuentes de Oñoro: 'Plan of the Field of Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro 3 and 5 May 1811'. Relief map showing positions of forces. Compass indicator. Inset watercolour 'shewing the face of the country on the banks of the Dos Casas as far as the village of Fuentes de Oñoro'. Surveyed by Lieutenant T L Mitchell, 95th Rifle Corps. Lithographed by the Topographical Department, War Office, in 1869. The map is ruled in pencil in one-inch squares. This map formed the basis for three maps, showing separate stages in the battle, published by James Wyld in Maps and Plans Showing the Principal Movements, Battles and Sieges ... during the War from 1808 to 1814 ..., London, 27 February 1840.
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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)
- MC 142
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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)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 105 cm x 53 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:21120
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed
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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 4262.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274584/
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