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Gallipoli (Major & Mrs Holt`s Battle Map)
Gallipoli Peninsula and the Dardanelles in a series of Major & Mrs Holt’s Battle Maps showing the whole peninsula with three enlargements: the Cap Helles – Krithia area, the Suvla Plain, and the Anzac landing area on Z Beach. Present day road network is overprinted with extensive information on the battles there in 1915.On one side is an overview map of the whole peninsula with the southern coast of the Dardanelles at approx. 1:73,000, indicating the direction of attacking forces. On the reverse the three main areas: the Cap Helles ‘“ Krithia (Alcitepe) tip of the peninusla, the Suvla Plain, and the Anzac beaches are shown enlarged with greater detail. The maps indicate the final front lines, locations of forts, memorials, museums, cemeteries, preserved trenches, gun/battery remains, etc. Each enlargement has a separate location index and several more panels provide additional lists of war cemeteries, memorials, Ross Bastiaan marker plaques, Victoria Cross winners or literary figures and personalities buried or commemorated on the peninsula, etc.