INVASION : SUEZ TO SICILY - This Howitzer of 64 Bty. 165 Field Regiment was taken ashore during the initial assault was rapidly assembled and in action with a few minutes. It knocked out a coastal defence battery of 4" guns with its first few rounds at a range of 2,900 yards. This Battery had been expected to give our assault parties a good deal of trouble but its quick exit from the fight enabled the landing to proceed almost unmolested British Army

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