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Saturday, May 23, 2012
Armored column 2
For part 1 of Armored column 2, click here.
Training Notes
The following are training notes taken from the Infantry section of the Armored column report for the period 23 May 1942 to 17 July 1942. They were written by Lieutenant John Brinkworth, head of section 2.
We had our first training manoeuvres. There were fourteen of us from four different battalions of the Division. This included two officers from Headquarters who had come out with us. We were the part of the division to go on training maneuvers for about two weeks. We were called Armoured column 2.
We arrived at the chosen training ground which was about a third of a mile from our camp, behind an enemy town. In this area we drew a rough map of the ground we were going to use and made a complete check list of what we were going to do. We had gone over our plans thoroughly the night before, and had rehearsed it. The day started at 0900 hours with an inspection. We then started off for the area where we would be using our rifle fire, and we had our first taste of it. Our plan was a test of what we would do. We got in touch with Division Headquarters for information about the enemy and found out his strength and position. The difference between our estimate of his strength and the actual strength was a surprise. Our artillery was used to soften up the enemy positions first. We then attacked with a force from our own battalion and a force from the other battalion. The enemy were taken by surprise, and not a single man surrendered. We then turned back to headquarters and found out what we should do next. It was decided to go ahead with our attack again and now we had two battalions going against one battalion, and it would be on a narrow front. We had the advantage of surprise, but were going against an enemy as strong as ourselves. The second
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