The defeat of Austria as seen by the 7th Division; being a narrative of the fortunes of the 7th Division from the time it left the Asiago Plateau in August 1918 till the conclusion of the armistice with Austria on November 4, 1918With maps and sketches by ELuton and a prefby . ith a fixed bayonetat their stomachs, held up their hands and shouted of them had been prepared to fire a rifle or a machine-gunbehind a belt of barbed wire, but they were not prepared for ahand-to-hand contest with bayonets. Along the Bund that dayAustrian rifies were scattered all over the p
The defeat of Austria as seen by the 7th Division; being a narrative of the fortunes of the 7th Division from the time it left the Asiago Plateau in August 1918 till the conclusion of the armistice with Austria on November 4, 1918With maps and sketches by ELuton and a prefby . ith a fixed bayonetat their stomachs, held up their hands and shouted of them had been prepared to fire a rifle or a machine-gunbehind a belt of barbed wire, but they were not prepared for ahand-to-hand contest with bayonets. Along the Bund that dayAustrian rifies were scattered all over the place, but we cannotremember seeing one with a bayonet fixed on it. On the left the 22nd Manchester* came up against some ofthe thickest parts of the wire, and for a brief while were held upby it. The two assaulting companies had converged somewhat incrossing over the stream, and several men Mere killed and woundedat their first attempt to get through the Avire. At this point,however, there was fortunately a small bank on our side of thewire just high enough to stop a bullet. The men lay under thisfor a few minutes, whilst the remaining two companies, with G. 0. Ramsbottom, , and the Adjutant. Capt. R. , , came up from support, closely followed by the. ;. svo-S^ snipers post on the bund. THE BATTLE OF THE PI AVE. 63 1st South Staffordshire;*. Thanks to the skilful use of coveringtire from Lewis-guns a gap was now cut in the wire, and led by21390 J. Hargreaves, , the men streamedthrough this with a shout, turning right and left immediatelythey Mere through it. As on the right the enemy now threw intheir hand. Many surrendered, whilst the rest ran for dear lifethrough the vines and hedges at the back of the Bund. This obstacle thus being successfully overcome, the issueof the day was no longer in doubt. It was merely a question oftime how long it would take to reduce the villages and farmhouseswhich remained to be taken. If t
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