The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment, 1685-1945White Swan Press, 1951 - 339 sider |
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Side 42
... force of defenders three to one , were forcing the line of outposts round the town ; the French shipping , magazines and arsenals of the port , fired by demolition squads , were sending up tongues of flame ; and , in the confusion ...
... force of defenders three to one , were forcing the line of outposts round the town ; the French shipping , magazines and arsenals of the port , fired by demolition squads , were sending up tongues of flame ; and , in the confusion ...
Side 215
... FORCE 215 had linked up with the rest of the 2nd Battalion at Ryes , a force of gliders had risen at the end of their tow ropes from the airfield at Farringdon and headed out towards the coast and over the Channel . To the trained eye ...
... FORCE 215 had linked up with the rest of the 2nd Battalion at Ryes , a force of gliders had risen at the end of their tow ropes from the airfield at Farringdon and headed out towards the coast and over the Channel . To the trained eye ...
Side 216
... Force , arriving in over the Channel as dusk gathered on the evening of D - Day . The force was destined to go deeper into enemy country than any allied unit yet landed . After assembly , it was to make with all speed to Cagny , south ...
... Force , arriving in over the Channel as dusk gathered on the evening of D - Day . The force was destined to go deeper into enemy country than any allied unit yet landed . After assembly , it was to make with all speed to Cagny , south ...
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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