The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment, 1685-1945White Swan Press, 1951 - 339 sider |
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... defence line . The defence line was vital to the enemy's whole strategic scheme to retain a delaying foothold in Sicily . The Ridge was an ominous feature — almost a mile in length where it ran closely parallel to the road , on its ...
... defence line . The defence line was vital to the enemy's whole strategic scheme to retain a delaying foothold in Sicily . The Ridge was an ominous feature — almost a mile in length where it ran closely parallel to the road , on its ...
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... Defence Companies , of which No. 80 Group was based on Devonport . Officers and men were many of them old soldiers , with an age limit of fifty . The job was local security - a valuable commodity round the busy port , along the ...
... Defence Companies , of which No. 80 Group was based on Devonport . Officers and men were many of them old soldiers , with an age limit of fifty . The job was local security - a valuable commodity round the busy port , along the ...
Side 292
... defence to secure complete possession . * Indeed , the battle for the road on the ridge - top became as tough as anything ' A ' Company had yet been in . A two - platoon attack nearly forced the issue at one stage , but had to withdraw ...
... defence to secure complete possession . * Indeed , the battle for the road on the ridge - top became as tough as anything ' A ' Company had yet been in . A two - platoon attack nearly forced the issue at one stage , but had to withdraw ...
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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