60726: Book entitled 'The Pill-boxes of Flanders', Col. E. G. L. Thurlow. From the effects of Charles W. Carr ...

Book: THE PILL-BOXES OF FLANDERS by Col. EGL Thurlow, DSO. London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd. for the British Legion, 1933.Includes a transcript of some text "found in a pill-box at Passchendaele on its re-occupation, from the Library at Talbot House, Poperinghe: 1. This position will be held and the section will remain here until relieved 2. The enemy cannot be allowed to interfere with this position 3. If the section cannot remain here alive, it will remain here dead, but in any case it will remain here 4. Should any man through shell-shock or any cause attempt to surrender, he will rema... Mehr ...

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Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Verlag/Hrsg.: University of Oxford
Schlagwörter: British history / European history excl. British / classical Greek and Roman / International history
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Book: THE PILL-BOXES OF FLANDERS by Col. EGL Thurlow, DSO. London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd. for the British Legion, 1933.Includes a transcript of some text "found in a pill-box at Passchendaele on its re-occupation, from the Library at Talbot House, Poperinghe: 1. This position will be held and the section will remain here until relieved 2. The enemy cannot be allowed to interfere with this position 3. If the section cannot remain here alive, it will remain here dead, but in any case it will remain here 4. Should any man through shell-shock or any cause attempt to surrender, he will remain here dead 5. Should all guns be blown up, the section will use Mills grenades and other novelties 6. Finally, the positioon will be held as stated The Australian machine-gunners, who had occupied the position lay around dead" Chapters include: Notes on the construction of the German concrete shelters and emplacements; How to reach the pill-boxes; Essex Farm and Hussar Farm, Potijze; St Julien, Wieltje, Kitchener's ...