The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment, 1685-1945White Swan Press, 1951 - 339 sider |
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Side 8
... patrol of about fifteen men had taken up an ambush position in a suspected bandit - occupied area near the 8th milestone on the Chenor road . Where the moonlight stencilled through the foliage , the Devon sentry glimpsed an approaching ...
... patrol of about fifteen men had taken up an ambush position in a suspected bandit - occupied area near the 8th milestone on the Chenor road . Where the moonlight stencilled through the foliage , the Devon sentry glimpsed an approaching ...
Side 11
... patrol long before the sound of its going was in earshot the other way . The snakes and giant lizards lay motionless or moved without noise . The leeches arrived on one's body by no visible agency . Only the flying insects , the ...
... patrol long before the sound of its going was in earshot the other way . The snakes and giant lizards lay motionless or moved without noise . The leeches arrived on one's body by no visible agency . Only the flying insects , the ...
Side 264
... patrol of six men explored forward , ready with grenades and bayonet . The river crossing wasn't an easy one . There were sandbanks to be avoided . The current ran strongly and often a patrol was carried past the intended landing ...
... patrol of six men explored forward , ready with grenades and bayonet . The river crossing wasn't an easy one . There were sandbanks to be avoided . The current ran strongly and often a patrol was carried past the intended landing ...
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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