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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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(5-7) Waterloo (now in Belgium). Three sketch maps showing the disposition and movements...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1006/2-7
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This record is about the (5-7) Waterloo (now in Belgium). Three sketch maps showing the disposition and movements... dating from 1850 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 78/1006/2-7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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(5-7) Waterloo (now in Belgium). Three sketch maps showing the disposition and movements of troops during the Battle of Waterloo, [18 June 1815]: (5) 'Attack on Hougomont repulsed by M. General Byngs Brigade of Guards ...'; (6) 'Attack on la Haye Sainte... attack on Hougomont continued'; (7) 'Last great attack by the French Imperial guards and reserves, the Prussian army advancing upon the flank of the enemy'. Scale: 3 inches to 1 mile. Dimensions: (5-6) each 24 cm x 35 cm; (7) 24 cm x 37 cm.
(4) Reference table and notes to items (5-7), detailing the units and commanders of the Allied army at the battle.
(2-3) Letter from [?Lieutenant Colonel] T Wright, [?Royal Staff Corps] Cheltenham, to Colonel [James] Freeth, Assistant Quarter Master General, 11 May 1850; originally enclosing items (4-7). Wright [probably the Lieutenant Colonel Wright who had been awarded the Waterloo Medal] explains that the official maps of the battle, had been 'mislaid' and that he encloses maps that he has produced himself.
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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)
- Belgium/Battles, Sieges & Warlike Operations/20
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 163 (2-4)
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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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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)
- MS, 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448314/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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