1st Leinsters at 2nd Ypres

[johnnyg]

Hi, Can anyone out there help me find on a map the following positions described below;

*2nd Brigade From present 5th Div. trench line in I.30.c to where new trench line crosses the fence east of the house marked in J.19.c.1.7 inclusive. (scale 1/10000).

The order is dated May 2nd 1915. I know the position is the Ypres sector South of the Menin Road from Hooge.

Any help most appreciated.

Johnnyg.

[Aurel Sercu]

Johnny,

All I can say is that I.30.c is the subsquare in which Mount Sorrel can be found.

Or, let's say the centre of this subsquare is approx. 800 m (1/2 mile) east northeast of Hill 60. (I'm sure you'll find Hill 60 on a map.)

J.19.c.1.7 : not easy to explain where it is exactly (sorry, I have no scannable map right here), but if you draw a vertical line through that slight bend in the Menin Road at Zandberg, a little east of Bellewaarde, then J.19.c.1.7 is approx. 1.150 km or almost 3/4 mile due south of that bend.

Sorry I can't make it more visible with a map. I hope someone else can.

Aurel

[johnnyg]

Aurel,

Thank you very much for your help. It's greatly appreciated.

John

Johnny,

All I can say is that I.30.c is the subsquare in which Mount Sorrel can be found.

Or, let's say the centre of this subsquare is approx. 800 m (1/2 mile) east northeast of Hill 60. (I'm sure you'll find Hill 60 on a map.)

J.19.c.1.7 : not easy to explain where it is exactly (sorry, I have no scannable map right here), but if you draw a vertical line through that slight bend in the Menin Road at Zandberg, a little east of Bellewaarde, then J.19.c.1.7 is approx. 1.150 km or almost 3/4 mile due south of that bend.

Sorry I can't make it more visible with a map. I hope someone else can.

Aurel

[mikebriggs]

Hi John

I think that these are the two maps you are after

they join at the bottom left corner

[mikebriggs]

and together

[johnnyg]

Wow! Thanks Mike. Between yourself and Aurel it's more help that I could have ever expected.

and together