Maps Showing Entrenchments In France During World War I at a Scale of 1:20,000 in 1915

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Old topographic map of Belgium, France.

The collection consists of 477 maps from World War I created by American and French forces that show trenches and related military information in France and Belgium.

Created by France. Armée. Service Géographique, Charles Pelot Summerall, United States. Army in 1915.

• Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• In upper left or right margin of some sheets: Groupe des canevas de tir; Canevas de tir; Plan directeur.
• On verso of 1 sheet: Carte de France à 1/200.000. Aix-la-Chapelle.
• Includes various issues of some sheets.
• One sheet printed on both sides.
• Some sheets include index to adjoining sheets and boundary diagram.
• On some sheets: Secret.
• Some sheets stamped Summerall Papers.
• Some sheets stamped G-2-C, indicating that the U.S. Army printed the map.
• Some sheets cover Belgium.
• Trenches and other military positions are illustrated in red, blue or both.
• An index map is stored with the collection.
• Finding aid available in the Geography and Map Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm019004

Map Tags

1915

Belgium

Charles Pelot Summerall

France

France. Armée. Service Géographique

Map

Maps

Topographic Maps

Trench Warfare

United States. Army

World War