Manchester, 15 April 1856 

Dear Steffen, 

Can you recommend a good map of Germany suitable for 
military studies and not too expensive—scale about 1:100,000 or, 
better still, 1:80,000, 1:60,000, etc. In addition a map, in rather 

a See this volume, p. 33. - > Frederick William IV - ¢ cell - 4 See this volume, 
pp- 30-31. 

more detail (1:60,000 to 1:40,000 would, of course, do), of the 
Rhine Province and Westphalia—a good one, however, and not 
too dear; the Prussian General Staff maps are, I believe, fearfully 
expensive and as yet incomplete. Even 1:150-200,000 might do for 
the map of Germany, that is not so important as that it should be 
good and really suitable. Provided it enables one to distinguish the 
general features of a battlefield, e.g. at Jena or Austerlitz,*° even 
without an auxiliary plan, I shall be satisfied. The one for the 
Rhine Province and Westphalia should, of course, show what is 
shown on the 1 inch to the mile (about 1:60,000) English Orpnance 
MAP, 

Little that’s new up here. Lupus. has a great deal to do at the 
moment, but for him, too, the lean holiday period is approaching. 
Is there a chance of your coming up to these parts in the summer? 

Your 
F. Engels 
Add. as before: 
Care of Mchr. Ermen & Engels