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This panorama sketch gives an impression of how vast the battlefield was, and yet how close the front lines were. Key elements of the landscape are marked (and listed below), including German and Canadian trenches, mine craters, roads, and wire entanglements. Sketch by Walter M. Draycott.

A long, panorama-style sketch of Vimy Ridge. Key features are labelled, trench lines, trees, and variations in elevation are visible. Distance is hard to determine. — (Walter M. Draycott, McCord Museum, 26-4-12.)

*Sketch title transcribed; labels transcribed from left to right.*

VIMY RIDGE – Sketch taken from Pont Street trench

Pont St. trench; Mine Crater Line; Staubwasser Weg German Lines; Mine Crates; Bethune-Arras Road with trench dug alongside; Trichter Graben German Line; British (Canadian) Front Line; Bois de la Folie; Zwischen Stellung German Line; Ecoivres trench; Old French trenches in foreground; Zwischen Stellung; Wire Entanglements; Mine Craters; Lille-Aras Road; North End of Neuville St Vaast.

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