Eerie Silence in the Mist - and Jerry at Our Feet ; in November 1943, with the Allied Lines Getting Ever Closer, Anthony Laing and His Companion of Ten Days, Don Macaulay, Reach the German Gustav Line. It Proves an Obstacle Too Far. Diary of a Pow

Birmingham Post › May 19, 2007

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We set off up the ridge excited by the nearness of the Lines.

The guns which we had heard on previous days were quiet and in the mist there was an eerie silence.

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Eerie Silence in the Mist - and Jerry at Our Feet ; in November 1943, with the Allied Lines Getting Ever Closer, Anthony Laing and His Companion of Ten Days, Don Macaulay, Reach the German Gustav Line. It Proves an Obstacle Too Far. Diary of a Pow

We reached the suggested viewpoint and identified Alfadena which was on fire.

There was a railway and a minor road before the river, just a...

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