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Hill 70 exact location


MaxD

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Could someone kindly pin point for me Hill 70 NW of Lens?  I am looking at map 36C NW 1 where I think it should be but Specs*** have failed me!  

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The Redoubt was roughly in the centre of square H 31. I posted a picture taken from the location looking back toward Loos on a thread called "Panoramic Photograph of the battle of Loos" in the Western Front Forum.

Brian

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Thanks Brian, found it, picture worth a thousand words!  Other info in that thread also useful.

 

MaxD

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There is a Canadian memorial/interpretation panel to the Battle of Hill 70 at 50.27.42.36N 2.48.59.28E next to the entrance to a small airfield.

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Hill 70 near fosse 14 bis ( today aerodromme de bénefontaine, cora lens 2 (supermarket)

 

gilles Loos grande guerre

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On 7/8/2016 at 00:26, Yorke Scarlett said:

There is a Canadian memorial/interpretation panel to the Battle of Hill 70 at 50.27.42.36N 2.48.59.28E next to the entrance to a small airfield.

Pardon my map ignorance, but I get degrees, minutes, seconds,  What is the fourth set of digits in each set of coordinates?

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Merci mille fois Gilles

 

Brozitsky  They are decimal points of the seconds.  A question for you follows by private message.

 

MaxD

 

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2 hours ago, Broznitsky said:

Pardon my map ignorance, but I get degrees, minutes, seconds,  What is the fourth set of digits in each set of coordinates?

I can take you there if you wish - if I'm out!

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