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'MAP 18. To illustrate Tigris Corps Operation Order No. 26 dated 6th. March 1916' [282r] (2/4)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1924. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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MAP 18
To illustrate Tigris Corps Operation Order No.26 dated 6^ March 1916 (seeAppendixXX/V) This is
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PREPARED IN THE HISTORICAL SECTION OE THE COMMITTEE Of IMPERIAL DEFENCE
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in the small squares is as follows. The sides of each small
square are considered to be divided into ten parts and
these pointsjoined up. To find a point in the small square,
a start is made at the top left hand corner: a line is then
carried first due east and then due south. €.g.,?A-d.-3h.
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II , and shows a region to the east of Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating settlements, rivers and vegetation, with brief descriptions of topography and ground conditions. A short note and a diagram in the lower margin describe the map's grid reference A means of determining a place’s location on a map based on a network of rectangular coordinates. system.
Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:129,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 32° 41' 21.84" N, 45° 53' 24.72" E
Top-right: 32° 41' 21.84" N, 46° 10' 12" E
Bottom-left: 32° 23' 6" N, 45° 53' 24.72" E
Bottom-right: 32° 23' 6" N, 46° 10' 12" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 355 x 310mm, on sheet 370 x 358mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/2, f 282
- Title
- 'MAP 18. To illustrate Tigris Corps Operation Order No. 26 dated 6th. March 1916'
- Pages
- 282r, 282r:282v, 282v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence