Catalogue description Sudan: Ambikol. 'Ambigole Wells': two copies of a map showing the fort and other defence...

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Details of WO 78/178
Reference: WO 78/178
Description:

Sudan: Ambikol. 'Ambigole Wells': two copies of a map showing the fort and other defence works, and the surrounding countryside; item (2) on tracing cloth. Reference note, to both copies, concerning an attack on the fort, 2-4 December 1885. Scale: 1 inch to 150 paces. Compass indicators. Item (1) signed by Captain A H Mason, Royal Engineers, 2 January 1886, and by Major A J Hepper, Commanding Royal Engineer, 3 January 1886; item (2) traced [from item (1)] by Company Sergeant Major J McPherson, 26 January 1886. Inset plans and sections of the fort and of Berkshire Redoubt; scale: 1 inch to 30 feet [1:360] (plans), 1 inch to 15 feet [1:180] (sections).
Date: 1886
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Dimensions: 26 cm x 43 cm
Physical condition: MS, coloured, (2) on tracung cloth
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 3216

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