NEW INFORMATION RECEIVED
SINCE BOOK PUBLISHED
From Norway to
Burma by Roger Holgate
18 Jan
44
On the morning of 18 Jan
44 the assault Brigades had formed up and were attacking everywhere, enlarging
the bridgehead. Casualties had been
heavy, and it was realised that such a rate of attrition could not be sustained
for too long.
On the night of 18 Jan 44, the three Battalions of 15
Brigade were sent in. Brigadier Martin
led the crossing of 1 KOYLI, 1 Green Howards and 1 York & Lancs., on a
motley of boats and rafts, as the enemy observation posts directed artillery
fire onto them. Three rafts were
destroyed. The engineers had been
unable to construct a bridge because of that same fire, and although they
managed to throw a boat bridge across the river by 2am, the first vehicle to
cross struck a mine, and the wreckage took 3 hours to clear.
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