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Belgium: one of 13 maps illustrating the ground to be covered by troops engaged in...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3818

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Reference
FO 925/3818
Date
1863-1888
Description

Belgium: one of 13 maps illustrating the ground to be covered by troops engaged in Belgian autumn military manoeuvres, August - September 1888. All transmitted in Lord Vivian's despatch number 148 of 25 August 1888 (see FO 10/522). Five sheets (numbered 15-17, 24, 25), together showing the area depicted on the map at FO 925/3818 north and east of Malines. Reference table. Surveyed and levelled 1863-1865, 1868, 1871-1872. Compiled and engraved at the Dépôt de la guerre, Brussels, 1869, 1873, 1878, 1883. Revisions and additions 1881, 1883-1885, 1887. Engraved by J B de la Hoese, J Ongers, F Deraedemaeker, V Labargé and A Vanmolle. Published by the Institut cartographique militaire, August 1886 and August 1888.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Dimensions
86 cm x 62 cm
Map scale
1:40000
Physical condition
Engraved, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 506.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820178/

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