The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment, 1685-1945White Swan Press, 1951 - 339 sider |
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Side 140
... road to the river , the company's infantry clinging to the bren - carriers and round the turrets of the tanks . Speed was especially now the thing . For what the Brigadier wanted was the bridge across the Tollaro , and he wanted it ...
... road to the river , the company's infantry clinging to the bren - carriers and round the turrets of the tanks . Speed was especially now the thing . For what the Brigadier wanted was the bridge across the Tollaro , and he wanted it ...
Side 256
... ROAD unhurt , but had to leave the mules . Mules were valuable . A fight- ing patrol was sent to the rescue . The patrol got to within sight of the animals , but could advance no further against machine - gun fire . A second patrol ...
... ROAD unhurt , but had to leave the mules . Mules were valuable . A fight- ing patrol was sent to the rescue . The patrol got to within sight of the animals , but could advance no further against machine - gun fire . A second patrol ...
Side 292
... road out of Lengerich . ' C ' and ' B ' Companies were soon on their objectives without trouble . But ' A ' Company , in the vital area of the road , although they reached the heights around it , were still fighting a desperate enemy ...
... road out of Lengerich . ' C ' and ' B ' Companies were soon on their objectives without trouble . But ' A ' Company , in the vital area of the road , although they reached the heights around it , were still fighting a desperate enemy ...
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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