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    battalion


    1. It was raining fit to flood the world, a storm brewing up with the wailing mewl of legion cats being chased by battalion dogs


    2. That is why we call it her little battalion


    3. Justice waved a hand and a third of the battalion exploded in a wave of fire


    4. As he looked around, his gray eyes darting between the other soldiers in his battalion, they all appeared steeled for engagement


    5. “What about you young Lamb how are you feeling alright?” He looked at the bandage on my leg and I could tell that he was concerned and that was why he was one of the finest officers that we had in the Battalion


    6. It seems however that because of the number of casualties not only to our Company but to the Fusiliers Battalion which has suffered a serious percentage of dead and wounded


    7. “Here you are Sir have a drink we might as well make the most of it whilst were here Then we can inform Battalion that we have found a source of water close at hand


    8. “Call the runner up will you Sergeant Wallace and we will let the Battalion know we have found a supply of ‘Adams Ale’ and they can send the mules with the water cans soonest it will certainly be good news they will appreciate


    9. Tell Major Danby that we have found a source of water and that he can inform Battalion


    10. “Whoa tiger calm yourself or you will bloody explode I am only taking the piss I know your one of the best shots in the battalion and that you have just killed three Turks so stop flapping your gums

    11. “I think it’s a disgrace that the Captain has stained the honour of our Battalion by shooting wounded enemy prisoners and I shall report it when a more senior Officer arrives


    12. “Thank you very much Sir and I appreciate the offer but I will stick with my Battalion and my friends


    13. “How, did it happen, when and where did it happen?” I shook my head I could understand him needing to know but Charlie was our mate as well and had been one of the first to join the Battalion with us


    14. It made us proud to have been attached to the Battalion but what had us smiling even more was the fact that Captain Melstone had won the Military Cross and CSM Domby had won a bar to his Military Medal and Sgt Dawson had been awarded the Military Medal as well


    15. ” I took this in thinking bloody hell the whole Division must have landed and I knew that this put the Battalion in a better position than on the first few days but it still didn’t sound all that convincing


    16. I knew that he was with the 42nd Division and that he was with the 1/5th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers and that they were part of the 125th Lancashire Fusilier Brigade so he was sure to be landing today and I hoped to god it went well


    17. “Hello lads this is Lt Smith who has been lent to us by the 1st8th Battalion as a replacement for Lt Cole


    18. We had grown callas towards it and some even saw it as their friend not only that but the Lieutenant was not a friend of ours really and had not joined up with us in the Battalion and was when it all came down to it an outsider


    19. I cleaned my rifle and then we returned to our own sector with the Fusiliers thanks ringing in our ears when we got there more congratulations were heaped on us and I was told how proud the Company and Battalion were of me


    20. A few days later George, Frank and Bert turned up again and shocked me by telling me the Battalion was heading back to England and then over to France for some big show that was about to happen

    21. “Is it you that wants to leave our lovely little hospital?” I told him what I had told the nurse about the Battalion leaving so he said


    22. “Well Billy Boy take care of yourself and get better soon don’t be hanging around here chasing nurses get back to the Battalion as soon as you can


    23. Then came a real low point when Archie’s turn came to be released he was going back to Mena Camp to Cairo to join another Battalion


    24. “Thank you very much Sir you don’t know what it means to me I am itching to get back to my Battalion


    25. “Right lad go with the Corporal here and he will see you get a new uniform the see the Paymaster he will issue with a little of your outstanding pay the rest you will get from your Battalion


    26. ” She sipped her sherry and at this moment I felt very lonely with out my mates I would have given anything to have Elijah or Bert or any of my other comrades in the Battalion here with me


    27. It was different being in the army and especially being in a Pals Battalion because we were special and a race apart from civilians like these stood at the bar


    28. ” I looked at Anne now with a new kind of respect and also a certain amount of wariness as that right hand would have made the Battalion boxing champion proud


    29. “I have only just arrived back so I have seen no one from the Battalion but they know I will be staying here and so they will no doubt send instructions to me


    30. The time came for me to go and see the Doctor at the Infirmary as I had just received orders that as soon as I was fit enough I was to report back to the Battalion

    31. My home now was in the army and with the Battalion I missed my mates and the life which was structured and always busy so there was no time for depression or boredom


    32. I was really happy because like I said as much as I loved the girls I was getting bored and I missed the camaraderie of the Battalion and after all you can have too much of a good thing


    33. Rosie was tearful but wished me luck turning away to hide her tears I said to her that it could be quite awhile before I was recalled to the Battalion so she shouldn’t fret too much


    34. However I was wrong about the amount of time I had and just five days later a telegram arrived informing me that I should report to the Battalion at a transit camp on Salisbury plain


    35. ” I looked at my sweet Rosie and wondered how I could have been so blind not to see what was in front of me but I was mad at her for telling me this now as I was returning to the Battalion


    36. “Thank you Sir I am fine now just glad to be back with the Battalion


    37. I must admit and I know it sounds selfish and not what’s expected but I couldn’t wait to get back off leave to the Battalion


    38. “Like I said I was standing in the office when all hell breaks loose all Battalion Officers are being called to a meeting and signals are flying about like confetti


    39. Cyclostat copies of orders are being drafted and then and then I get an order that has just come to us from Battalion H


    40. “The Battalion is to leave immediately for France what do you think of my news now then worth waiting for wasn’t it?” There was now sheer pandemonium and delight in our hut lads were cheering slapping each other on the back play fights had broken out and now people from other huts were packing into ours to see what was going on

    41. There was a lot to do however and this time there would be no advance party we were moving in full Battalion order


    42. The battalion moved out and entrained at Salisbury railway station and set off for the crossing destinations the majority of the Battalion would cross for France by way of Folkestone-Boulogne


    43. However our platoon had been volunteered to accompany the Battalion transport which was going via Southampton-Le Havre so once again after a trip on the G


    44. Instead we are here but the good news is that the Battalion is needed at the front right away and because of our experience at Gallipoli it has been deemed that we do not need the training and so we will move directly to the front”, at this news a cheer went up from the ranks which was soon quietened by the NCOs


    45. There must have been about thirty odd wagons of different types making up the train and the Battalion transport was loaded on board the train stopped and we were shown our transport and you could hear the groans all over the place


    46. Eventually we detrained at Amiens the provincial capital of Picardy that also had a famous Cathedreral, at the moment there were no orders for us and so we ended up spending the night sleeping on the streets with the Battalion transport with hundreds of other soldiers who were waiting for orders as well


    47. Our orders finally came through and at last we marched off on the long road to Albert the Battalion transport following us and the rain teeming down


    48. We were waved into a field by and MP who stood at the gate here the rest of the Battalion was quartered for as long as the Staff deemed it necessary


    49. Later that morning it was drizzling steadily as we went over towards the farmhouse were the field kitchens had been set up by the wall of another barn now that they had arrived by the Battalion cooks? We walked past Captains’ Melstone and Thornley who had maps and lists in their hands which they were comparing and studying intently we saluted them but they never even noticed so they must have been studying something important


    50. The village we heard had been abandoned in 1914 and the lane as it passed through was now overgrown some of the cottages had sustained damage but others were intact so these were used as Battalion offices and aid posts














































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    Synonymes pour "battalion"

    battalion large number multitude pack plurality military troops infantry army corps