On This Day 14 February 1944 - Italy - Back to Monte Natale!
1 York & Lancs. Ernest
Shaw’s view of Monte Natale:
We went back on to Point 156 Monte Natale, and
relieved the Guards. While they had
been there, some bureaucrat from the rear had given the orders that not 1 inch of
ground had got to be yielded. They had
two Platoons on the forward slopes of Point 156. That is the steep slope facing the
enemy. The enemy could see almost into
their trenches. Just over the brow of
the hill, on the backside, there was one Platoon in reserve and Company
HQ. The lads in the two forward
Platoons were fed during the hours of darkness.
Any relieving was done during the
hours of darkness, and any replacing of ammunition. They were in an unenviable position and they
had to lay low all day. When we took
over, we naturally had to adopt the same position.
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