The Autumn Campaign: plan of the country round Aldershott, 1871. Map of the area used by the British Army for military manoeuvres, showing plantations, woods, parks, commons and 'waste lands'. 'The fourth and final battle of the fortnight's campaign in mimic warfare, conducted by nearly 36,000 troops - regulars, militia, and volunteers - assembled under Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge in the country round Aldershott [in Hampshire], was fought on Thursday week'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

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