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1 item extracted from FO 881/3648 Turkey. 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/277
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 881/3648 Turkey. 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair... dating from 1855-1878 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MFQ 1/277
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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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1 item extracted from FO 881/3648 Turkey. 'Survey of Defensive Position near Bulair [now Bolayir] shewing the Lines constructed by the Anglo-French Army in 1855 ...'. Map showing contours, rivers, place names, forts, communications etc. Inset: 'Outline Sketch of the Lines of Boulair from Boulair Cemetery'. Compass indicator. MS additions show position of advanced works, June 1878. Sketched December 1876 by [G A] Cockburn, Lieutenant Royal Engineers, and [Herbert] Chermside, Lieutenant Royal Engineers, under the direction of R Home, Lieutenant Colonel, and on instructions from Sir Lintorn Simmons, Lieutenant General, IGF. Lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, February 1877. Signed by T Fraser, Captain Royal Engineers and J C Fife, Captain, Military Attaché, Gallipoli, 1 June 1878. Enclosed in Henry Layards's despatch number 720 of 5 June 1878. A pencilled note reads: 'To be reduced - wanted early. 150 copies'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 44 cm x 69 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:15840
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983298/
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