More storiesThe action we were about to take part in was a big one, because the Reichswald Forest was the last major... It was the 43rd Division, supported by the tanks of the 8th Armoured Brigade who smashed some of the... With our infantry controlling the autobahn, German troops could not leave the city by that route nor... A platoon of the Wiltshires had just begun to attack a small barracks area, and were being fired on by a... Telling me to keep a sharp lookout for possible signs of the enemy trying to retake the village Captain... Captain McAllister and I were in our positions astride the beams when a small river tug came into view on... As time wore on and neither side showed any sign of surrendering the village, the infantry officer,... Some time later, with the barrage continuing with unabated fury, and as we bumped slowly and laboriously... As luck would have it the Worcesters' 6-pounders were loaded with the sabot shell, and as the leading... < Previous page| You are on page 2 of 2 | Next page >   | 1 | 2 |   | 
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