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Five bricks missing
Mr. Brice describes his reconnaissance of the bridge and crawling to safety under the nose of a sniper.
Remove the charges
Mr. Brice describes opening his sealed orders which instruct him to de-boobytrap the bridge at Domart. He discusses what, and how many explosives he expects to find.
Sealed orders
Mr. Brice describes being singled out to lead a secret mission, and his confusion about where he and his section would see action.
Excess supply of rice
Mr. Butterworth describes how innovative thinking eased the food shortages, which were sometimes experienced by the soldiers.
We had lots of hardware
Mr. Butterworth describes the use of hand grenades and Stokes concussion shells.
I participated in many raids
Mr. Butterworth describes the procedure used to safely capture enemy soldiers during night raids on enemy outposts.
Searching for my brother
Mr. Butterworth describes sneaking onto the battlefield at night in search of his brother who was rumoured to have been killed, but eventually finding him safe in camp.
Bicycle Courier
Mr. MacLeod describes in humorous detail some of the risks of being a bicycle courier.
Shoot the rabbit
Mr. MacKay describes his unusual trip to join the 46th Battalion, and some strange music to accompany his first meal with his unit.
Signal Stations
Mr. MacKay describes being selected from a pool of signalmen to join the 46th Battalion, and then describes his responsibilities during an infantry advance.
Continental code
Mr. MacKay describes his personal difficulty learning to key Morse Code, and compares the Continental to the faster American code.
Sniper school
Mr. MacKay describes a couple of the more difficult target drills faced by hopefuls in the sniper school at Bramshott.
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