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Title
Date(s)
- 1917 Nov 1 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
7pp + maps
Scope and content
Maj-Gen Louis Vaughan, General Staff, Third Army to: (Corps commanders) Lt-Gen Sir C.T.McM. Kavanagh, Cavalry, Lt-Gen Sir W.P. Pulteney, III Lt-Gen Sir C.L. Woollcombe, IV, Lt-Gen J.A.L. Haldane, VI, Lt-Gen Sir T.D'O. Snow, VII, Lt-Gen Sir C. Fergusson, XVII, Maj-Gen R.StC. Lecky, Third Army, Brig-Gen J.F.A. Higgins, commanding 3 Bde Royal Flying Corps, Brig-Gen H.J. Elles, commanding Tank Corps. Draft schemes for second and third stages of operation GY and in continuation of No 1/68. SECRET.
(i) Map A. Maricourt to Villers-Guislain and Beaumetz-les-Cambrai to Peronne. Printed. 1 p
(ii) Map B. Havringcourt to Les Rues des Vignes and Graincourt to Villers- Pipisch. Approximate British front line 14 Oct 17, with trenches. Printed. 1 p
(iii) Map C. Shewing Cavalry concentration Amiens to Caulaincourt and Thiepral to Guillaucourt. Scale 1: 100,000 or 1 inch to 1.58 miles. Marked to show staging and divisional areas. Printed.
(iv) Map D. Nov 17 Ordnance Survey 1917, Field Survey Company Royal Engineers Geographical Section General Staff 3576. Bapaume. Doullens to Cambrai and Arras to Guillaucourt. Showing Third Army railways, Hindenburg and other lines. Printed. 1 p
(v) Map E. East half of same map, marked with Corps areas. Printed. 7 pp + maps