[ British North Africa Force, Tunisia Campaign, 1943. ] Corrected draft of typescript: 'A Summary of Events and Movements of our own Tps during the Kournine Battle, 22-30 April 43', with seven original manuscript tracings of battlefield positions

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[ British North Africa Force [ BNAF ], Tunisia Campaign; Battle of Kournine, 1943; Second World War ]
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Without place or date. [ British North Africa Force, Tunisia and Algeria, 1943. ]
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SKU: 17406

ONE: Corrected draft of typescript: 'A Summary of Events and Movements of our own Tps during the Kournine Battle, 22-30 April 43'. 9pp., 8vo. On nine leaves attached in one corner to remains of buff card folder, with 'KOURNINE BATTLE' in orange pencil on front cover. Original top copy typescript, with a few pencil emendations. The summary is divided into 24 sections, beginning with 'Regrouping of 9 Corps' and 'Special Preliminary Tasks'. The first page is a table of contents, listing the seven maps in item two as Traces A to G. Another item in the table, 'Appx Z - Map of Conc Areas and Events during D Day', is not present. TWO: Seven original tracings in red and black ink, each 51 x 56 cm, giving 'Pos[itio]ns at End of 23 [24, 25, 26 and 27, 29, 30] April'. From the papers of military historian Barrie Pitt.