The Archive · 1940

A Triple Form of Attack

"This has been a war of mov ment" one Scottish soldier said, "You don't have time to dig in, You meet the Jerry and the first thing thrown at you is high explosives from artillery which keeps you close (o the ground. Then they open up with scores of four-inch trench mortars, which are very efficient. Than comes an attack by low-flying planes, This combination of three German unity can bring "infantry within 25 yards of the British tines."

"Time after time this is what hap~ pened, When the barrage ended we tooked up and, just as we expected, there they wore—scores of Germant tommy guns and rites. threw them back fand time and again we had to re-rear in the face of their overwhelming odds. Often they were ten to

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