1918 Canadian Corps/Royal Artillery Barr

Object/Artifact

Royal Canadian Military Institute

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1990.25.3

Description

1918 Royal Artillery Barrage Map "Bourlon Wood, 22 September 1918."

Use

Map produced in the field at Sailly, France, by Royal Engineers, for Canadian Corps operations at Bourlon Wood, 22-9-1918.

Context

Barrage map shows features of city, road, canal outlines, trench and barbed wire lines, natural features, with map grid squares, marking Divisional/Corps frontage/barrage lines for 1-3-4 Canadian Divisions and 11th British Division, scale of 1: 20,000. An original, used-marked war map.

Made/Created

Artist

6952 Field Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers

Date made

Sep 1918 - Oct 1918

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Region

Western Europe

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Material/Technique

Pencil, accession number on back in pencil

Dimensions

Height

87 cm

Width

57 cm