Not to be carried into any attack

'Not to be carried into any attack' That's the warning printed on the top of the map of which features on the endpapers of "Mapping the First World War : the Great War through maps from 1914 to 1918".

(the book's front cover is a famous photograph by Frank Hurley, of five members of the 4th Australian Division field artillery brigade, passing along duckboards over mud among gaunt bare tree trunks in the devastated Chateau Wood, a portion of one of the battlegrounds in the Ypres salient. Left to right: Gunner James Macrea Fulton, 110 Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade; Lieutenant Anthony Devine; Sergeant Clive Stewart Smith. It has also been claimed that the third soldier from the left is Gunner Hubert Lionel Nichols with his brother Gunner Douglas Roy Nichols, immediately behind. The Nichols brothers both served in the 110th Howitzer Battery. All the identified men served in 4th Australian Division artillery units. The last man in the group is unknown. Western Front, 29 October 1917). 
Gathered by Peter Chasseaud from the collection of the Imperial War Museums.
During the years of the First World War, the world saw the rise of technology, including improvements in the making and disseminating of maps. Portable printing units, aerial photographs, and precise measurement became an integral part of strategy, troop placement, bombardment, and even retreats. The number of maps produced was staggering British production alone was more than 34 million maps. Featuring more than 150 maps, this work shows the trenches, troop placement, planning, and even propaganda. The maps are reproduced in high-quality colour, and there is a plethora of accompanying black-and-white photographs. The work includes maps representing all battlefronts, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. .
More than 150 maps (some previously unpublished) demonstrate how World War I was fought around the world -

• Small scale maps show country boundaries and occupied territories.

• Large-scale maps cover the key battles and offensives on all fronts of the war, and trench maps show detailed positions of the front line.

• Maps from newspapers are also included, as well as battle planning and propaganda. 

Key offensives covered include the Battles of the Marne and Ypres; Tannenberg and the Eastern Front; Verdun and the Somme; the Gallipoli Campaign; Battle of Jutland; the Advances to Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad; Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele; and the German 1918 offensives and Allied counter-offensives. 
It includes the lesser known African campaigns with one German map which includes an annotation of 'Reserved Football Ground for Tame Englishmen' set in the Sahara Desert.
The book is more than a collection of coloured maps though. Along with the maps, key historical events are described - from the causes of the war to the role of sea & air forces -  giving an illustrated history of the war from an expert historian.
As the hype ramps up for the centenary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli, books such as 'Mapping the First World War" will come into their own.