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Turkey: Bolayir: 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair showing the Lines constructed...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3239
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This record is about the Turkey: Bolayir: 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair showing the Lines constructed... dating from 1855-1878 in the series Foreign Office: Library: 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)
- FO 925/3239
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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Turkey: Bolayir: 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair showing the Lines constructed by the Anglo-French Army in 1855 ...'. Map showing contours, rivers, place names, forts, communications. Inset: 'Outline Sketch of the Lines of Boulair from Boulair Cemetery'. Manuscript additions show position of advanced works, June 1878. Scale: 6 inches to 2 miles. Compass indicator. Enclosed in Henry Layards's despatch no 720 of 5 June 1878. A pencilled note reads: 'To be reduced - wanted early. 150 copies.' This map also illustrated print of Henry Layard's despatch number 747 of 7 June 1878 (in FO 78/2790): see MPK 1/482/15 removed from FO 358/5 (papers of Sir Lintorn Simmons), and MFQ 1/871 removed from FO 881/3652. Sketched December 1876 by Lieutenant G A Cockburn, Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant Herbert Chermside, Royal Engineers, under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel R Home, and on instructions from Sir Lieutenant General Lintorn Simmons, Inspector General of Fortifications. Lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, February 1877. Signed by Captain T Fraser, Royal Engineers. Signed by Captain J C Fife, Military Attaché, Gallipoli, 1 June 1878.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 69 cm x 44 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, coloured
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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 4562.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819603/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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