Guide to the C.S. Hertz Map Collection
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Austria and Northern Italy, 1:900,000, c.1917 (Item 1) - Folder 1
Map of Austria and Northern Italy showing main roads, international boundaries, railways, rivers and lakes. Inset shows the Isonzo Front, near the Isonzo River. Twelve Battles of the Isonzo were fought between June 1915 and November 1917. Main map uses Italian place names and inset uses German forms of place names. Verso of map is stamped with "Army telegraphs, AZ 20.VI.1917" and is annotated in pencil. On sheet 45 x 58 cm.
The Daily Telegraph War Map, no. 7: The Dardanelles, The Bosporus, The Marmara Sea and Turkey, c.1914-1918 (Item 2) - Folder 1
Topographic map of Turkey and northern Asia Minor centred on the Sea of Marmara. Insets show the Turkish Empire; Asia Minor; Constantinople; The Narrows; the Black Sea; and the Balkan states. Includes red cover with index to other Daily Telegraph War Maps. On sheet 76 102 cm.
"A" Divisional Sector (Australian Corps Front), 1:10,000, 1918 (Item 3) - Folder 1
Map centred on Villers-Bretonneux showing trenches used or maintained by allies, and trenches used or maintained by enemy. Map is marked with coloured lines to show progress of April 1918 counter attacks by Allies. On sheet 51 x 69 cm.
British Battles during 1918 (8th Aug. to 11th Nov., 1918), 1: 500 000, c.1919 (Item 4) - Folder 1
Map of part of France showing the major battles of the final months of World War I. Locality of battles are marked by colours, and include numbers of numbers of enemy prisoners and guns taken. A text panel provides a brief summary of the battles. On sheet 47 x 37 cm.
Etaves, Edition 1A (Local). Overprinted with: Target map of the Hindenburg Line from Bellicourt to St. Quentin, 1:40 000, 1918 (Item 6) - Folder 1
Map of the Western Front region from Vendhuile to St. Quentin in northern France, overprinted to show the front line, the Hindenburg Line, and German targets as of September 1918. Includes detailed legend indicating enemy headquarters, billets with accommodation numbers for men and horses, railways, ammunition routes, and various posts and stations. On sheet 58 x 89 cm.
Mosaic of parts of D & J Squares, Map Sheet 28, c.1917 (Item 7) - Folder 1
Photomosaic of aerial photography centred on the locality of the Romulus and Remus woods near Broodseinde, Belgium. Aerial photography is overlaid with map gridlines, and markings for the British Front Line, concrete structures and dugouts, and contours. The Battle of Broodseinde was fought in October 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Passchendaele. On sheet 60 x 46 cm.
Second Army Area (East). Sketch map showing supposed location of Enemy's Forces on 1st July 1916, 1916 (File 8 a-c) - Folder 1
The "Second Army Area (East)" sheet of G.S.G.S 3151 map series, overprinted with German troop dispositions as of 1 July 1916. Covers the area from Langemarck in Belgium to Fromelles in northern France. Map is marked "Secret" and "Not to be taken into the trenches". On sheet 52 x 44 cm...
Set of 3 aerial photographs., 1916-1918 (File 9 a-d) - Folder 1
Aerial photographs of the Western Front. Photograph dated 9.11.16 is of unidentified trenches. Photograph dated 26.12.17 is of unidentified terrain including trenches. Photograph dated 29.8.18 is of area between Somme Swamp and Limberlost Woods. Included with the photographs is a letter dated 14 April 1917 from an Intelligence Officer "Herewith aeroplane photos for your information".
France, Edition 3, B (Local). Overprinted with: Field Artillery Barrage Map, 1:20,000, 1918 (Item 10) - Folder 1
Topographic map centred on Lamotte, France, overlaid with field artillery barrage map showing British trenches in red and enemy trenches in blue. Shows the start line for the 5th and 7th Australian Infantry Brigades, calculations for a protective barrage for their advancement, and first, second and ultimate objectives. Mounted on linen. On sheet 47 x 62 cm.
Polygon Wood, Edition 1B & Zandvoorde, Edition 2B, 1:20,000, 1917 (Item 12 a-b) - Folder 1
Both sheets overprinted with Hostile Tactical Map, September 16h.1917. Overprint in green shows enemy's reserves, concentrations and counter attack methods east of Ypres. 2 maps on sheets 51 x 64 cm.
Area of Martinpuich, Part of Sheets 57D S.E. & 57C S.W, 1:20,000, 1916 (Item 15) - Folder 1
Trench map. Mounted on linen. On sheet 37 x 66 cm.
[Track map of Menin Road, Hellfire Corner to Zonnebeke], c.1917 (Item 19) - Folder 1
Map showing region around Menin Road to Zonnebeke. Map shows duckboard, proposed duckboard, light railway, mule tracks, divisional and brigade bodies, and footpaths. Some paths have been highlighted with coloured pencil. On sheet 41 x 74 cm.
Subgrp 21-24. Maps removed from The German Air Raids on Great Britain, 1914-1918 by Captain Joseph Morris, 1925.
4 map sheets, removed from book. Photocopy of each sheet also included.
Subgrp 25-27. France, 1:250,000
Map series of France showing railways with stations, roads, rivers, canals, woods, orchards, forts, light houses, and brushwoods.
North Western Europe, Sheet 1 & Part of 4, 1:250,000, 1915 (Item 28) - Folder 1
Topographic map sheet of north-west Belgium and part of France. On sheet 73 x 86 cm.
Subgrp 29-35. Belgium 1:100,000 ; France 1:100,000
Topographic map series of Belgium and north-eastern France. Verso includes map index.
Subgrp 36-45. Belgium and France 1:40,000
Military map overprinted on base map showing rivers, creeks, roads, tracks, railways, canals, buildings, woods, lines, switches and brigade headquarters. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Verso includes sheet index. On sheets 68 x 90 cm unless otherwise noted.
Sheet 36A, 1916 (Item 38 (copy 1 & 2)) - Folder 2
2 copies. Copy 1 is annotated in blue pencil, possibly showing battalion locations. Mounted on linen.
Sheet 62C, 1917 (Item 42) - Folder 2
Mounted on linen. Verso includes glossary. On sheet 63 x 90 cm.
Sheet 62D & 66E, 1917-1918 (Item 43) - Folder 2
Sheets 62D and 66E joined together. Mounted on linen. On sheet 113 x 88 cm.
Subgrp 46-58. Belgium and France 1:20,000
Topographic trench map series of northern France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands, overprinted with Allied and Central Powers' trench systems. Mounted on linen. On sheets 66 x 91 cm unless otherwise noted.
Subgrp 59-64. Gallipoli and Dardanelles 1:20,000
Topographic map series of Gallipoli, Turkey, showing transportation, vegetation, water features and populated places. Also shown are rivers, roads, tracks, telegraph buildings (named), batteries and forts. Mounted on linen. Gallipoli sheets 63 x 79 cm. Dardanelles sheets 57 x 76 cm.
Subgrp 65-71. Trench maps, France and Belgium, 1;10,000
Military map series of Belgium and France showing Allied and enemy trenches, enemy's tracks, wire entanglements, cables, airlines, supply dumps, ammunitions, earthworks, dug-outs, huts, works reinforced by concretes, gun emplacements, trench mortars, observation and listening posts, mine craters and fortified, organised shell holes, hedges, ditches with water, conspicuous points, houses, railways, and hutments.
Axis Expansion 1939-1942 / Allied Counter-attack 1942-1945, 1966 (Item 77) - Folder 5
Two maps on one sheet. Axis expansion map shows Axis victories, expansion and territory in 1939 in the Western and Eastern theatres of war, with index of key events. Allied map shows victories, expansion and nuclear attacks in the Western and Eastern theatres of war, with index of key events. Map sheet is the inside of a double cover for the issue of Purnell's History of the Second World War serial. Verso of map includes the issue cover, a list of writers for the series, and the contents of the first volume. On sheet 60 x 47 cm.
Map of the Western Battle Front: Basle to Trier, 1 inch: 4 miles, c.1940 (Item 78) - Folder 5
Map from north of Trier, Germany to Basle, Switzerland, centred on the contested region of Alsace-Moselle (formerly referred to as Alsace-Lorraine). Alsace-Moselle reverted to French rule following World War I, but was conquered again by Nazi Germany during World War II. The region returned to French rule after World War II. On sheet 105 x 77 cm.
Sunday Telegraph Strategic Map of Malaya, 18 miles to one inch, 1941 (Item 79) - Folder 5
Illustrated map of Malay Peninsula including Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand and southern Myanmar, showing main crops, tin lode lines, iron ore, roads and railways. Inset maps show distance in miles between Darwin and Singapore and Tokyo and Singapore. Illustrations include depictions of cultural and religions icons, native animals, and naval vessels parked around the Peninsula coastline. On sheet 61 x 42 cm.