The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment, 1685-1945White Swan Press, 1951 - 339 sider |
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Side 137
... light of the moon had waned over Malta . Just before dawn were the darkest hours of the night in the Mediterranean , at that particular moment of the year , the second week of July . As mid- night had struck , the new day was July the ...
... light of the moon had waned over Malta . Just before dawn were the darkest hours of the night in the Mediterranean , at that particular moment of the year , the second week of July . As mid- night had struck , the new day was July the ...
Side 147
... light faded for the night of the Hampshires ' attack . The early stages of the advance , against the wilting Italians , through handclaps and flowers , had already been left behind almost unremembered , so solid were the experiences of ...
... light faded for the night of the Hampshires ' attack . The early stages of the advance , against the wilting Italians , through handclaps and flowers , had already been left behind almost unremembered , so solid were the experiences of ...
Side 199
... light at Billacombe quarry . The light heralded an air raid , during which it ceased to flicker and remained steady for the period of the bombing . The bombing of Plymouth was to become a routine . The sense of drama heightened in ...
... light at Billacombe quarry . The light heralded an air raid , during which it ceased to flicker and remained steady for the period of the bombing . The bombing of Plymouth was to become a routine . The sense of drama heightened in ...
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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