| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | South Africa. Army. Engineer Corps. Survey Company, 46th.; |
| Call Number | G8254.M3 |
| Document type | Cartographic Material |
| Year | 1943. |
| Pagination | 1 map : col. ; 40 x 56 cm., on sheet 50 x 62 cm. |
| Publisher | The Survey Company, |
| Note | A single sheet from the 3 sheet set, covering the area around El Nekkar, near the town of Marith (Mareth) in southeastern Tunisia, and overprinted with defence positions. Shows trenches (some marked as cleaned out), pillboxes, dugouts, pits, gun emplacements, command posts and headquarters, underground cables, observation posts, decoy strong points, old camp sites, old fort, and sections of Wadi Zigzaou banks impassable to wheeled and tracked vehicles, as at 26 February 1943. "Original French defences shewn in blue. Defences constructed after 9 Jan. 1943 shewn in green". "Defences positioned by 46 Survey Coy., S.A.E.C. from P.R.U. photos taken up to 9.2.43 and interpreted by A.A.P.I.U.". "W.D.R. 1018/3039". Includes index to adjoining sheets and, on verso, list of conventional signs used on overprint. |
| Place made | [S.l.] : |
El Nekkar [cartographic material] : 1:25,000 Mareth: sheet no. 2 / compiled and drawn by 46 Survey Coy., S.A.E.C., Feb. 1943 ; overprinted by Litho. Sect. M.M.P&P., att. 46 Svy Coy, S.A.E.C., Feb. 43. Refer to this map as: 1:25,000 Mareth series. Sheet no. 2 El Nekkar, defence overprint dated 26 Feb. 43.
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| G8254.M3 | Stacks | On Shelf |