The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment, 1685-1945White Swan Press, 1951 - 339 sider |
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Side 140
... action had come only a short way down the road —-- fire from a machine - gun post , backed by two light tanks . While the Shermans manoeuvred after the tanks , 18 Platoon went straight into a right - flanking attack on the post , ending ...
... action had come only a short way down the road —-- fire from a machine - gun post , backed by two light tanks . While the Shermans manoeuvred after the tanks , 18 Platoon went straight into a right - flanking attack on the post , ending ...
Side 304
... action against the rebel tribesmen whose disposition for trouble was encouraged by the new war in Europe . Even Christmas Day of 1940 produced a skirmish . In January , 1941 , the battalion moved to carry on the same war of skirmish in ...
... action against the rebel tribesmen whose disposition for trouble was encouraged by the new war in Europe . Even Christmas Day of 1940 produced a skirmish . In January , 1941 , the battalion moved to carry on the same war of skirmish in ...
Side 310
... actions in the area of Le Bas de Ranville prior to the break - out . The last three months of the year were spent back ... action round the villages of Tellin and Bure . This front saw fierce skirmishing in bitter weather before the tide ...
... actions in the area of Le Bas de Ranville prior to the break - out . The last three months of the year were spent back ... action round the villages of Tellin and Bure . This front saw fierce skirmishing in bitter weather before the tide ...
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12th Devons 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 2nd Devons action advance Agira Airborne ammunition anti-tank guns Armoured army arrived artillery assault attack Barracks battery battle bayonet beach Blerick bombs bridge bridgehead Brigade British Bulford Burma camp Captain capture casualties Chagford Chindwin Colonel column command Company Corps Crete D-Day defence Devons Devonshire Regiment Division Dorsets east enemy fighting fire flank force forward fought French front garrison German Gibraltar glider grenades Hamminkeln hill Horsa Houyet Imphal infantry invasion island Japanese Japs jungle killed L/Cpl landing Lieut Lieutenant Lt-Col Lt-Colonel machine-gun Major Malta Mandalay March miles Monywa morning mortar move night Normandy officers operation Operation Blackcock party patrol platoon position Private Rhine ridge rifle river road rôle round route Sergeant shells Sicily soldiers Tamu Tamu road tanks town tracks Tree Hill troops Ukhrul village wounded yards