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In this stirring instalment of the Gordons' adventures. in the Battle of France details of the fearless hand-to- hand fighting that characterised the Battle of the Grand Bois de Cambron on the morning of June 4, 1940, are told for the first time. It was not a hollow triumph. It proved that, man for man, our lads could out-soldier the
enemy.
3. Germans Routed at Bayonet Point
Dark shadows were seen creeping back from the fringes of the Grand Bois de Čambron. They were the patrols coming back from their reconnaissance of the German positions. Nazi machine-gun posts guarded the outskirts of the wood.
It was nearly three o'clock on the morning of June 4, 1940. A ground mist was lifting and dawn stretching over the fields. From a dark silhouette the wood was beginning to shape in the growing light.
Among the corn and behind the hedgerows the Gordon Highlanders lay waiting for their first big- scale attack.
Their defence of the Maginot Line had accustomed Now they them to shellfire. were to dash into the teeth of a murderous fusillade of bul- lets. What lay in store for them? They wished each other "Good luck," gripped rifles, and waited..
Suddenly, the artillery bar- rage opened. Shells whistled overhead and crashed into the middle of the wood. In the words of one officer, the wood just leapt. Trees rose in the air. It was terrific. For a quarter of an hour shells ex- ploded continuously in the German positions.
As suddenly 45 it had started, the barrage, ceased. Even with the rattle of machine guns a hush seemed
to settle down over the coun- tryside after the deafening roar of the guns and the ex- ploding shells,
Company and plateon com- manders in the corn and under the hedges glanced at their watches-3.30. zero hour. The attack began. "C" Com- pany advanced under the cover of shrubs as far as the wood, but "B" Company had to race across about fifty yards of .open country.
Instantly, German machine guns started to rake the columns com ing towards them. In the first moment in face of such fierce fire, the Gordons perceptibly braced themselves and charged,
As. "B" Company emerged from the cover of the hedge rows an unexpected enfilading fire came from machine guns in the clump of trees on the loft of the wood which was believed to be clear of the
enemy.
Major Douglas Gordon, who was leading his company across the open ground, stumbled and fell, mortally wounded,
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Quickly realising the danger to "B" Company, Lt Rhodes immediately led his fighting patrol out from Cahou, Crosa- · Ing the roadway, 'they' soon surrounded the clump of trees... and allenced the machine guns.
Charging with fixed bayonets, "C" Company carried the machine- gun posts on the outskirts of the wood. Now "B" Company surged forward and swept irresistibly in amongst the trees.
Through the wood the platoons had to fight their way yard by yard. It was like driving through a jungle, so thick was the undergrowth and so dark was it among the trees. They were also fight- ing with bayonets against Tommy guns.
German storm - troopers, picked men of the Nazi army, Jay concealed in the shrubs, firing up at the Gordons as this they approached. For reason most of the casualties suffered from leg wounds..
All the paths had been marked by the Germans with white paper, but each track was covered by machine- gunners or infantrymen at n dozen places. Undismayed by the formidable nature of their task, the Gordons advanced steadily. Now and again a platoon would be held up by. Tommy Kuns among the bushes. Warily they crept forward until close enough to _drive__out_each_post_at_the.
point of the bayonet.
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Where the Germans were too strongly dug in for the bayonet to dislodge them, a Bren was brought up and ♫ hail of bullets poured into the position.
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All the time the Gordons advanced through .the wood, machine-gunners from the Kensingtons maintained a con- tinuous cross-fire. Now and then the Gordons sent up white flares to reveal their position to the gunners.
In the densest parts it was impossible even to walk erect. It was necessary at times to crawl.
Emerging from a thick stretch of the wood, No. 13 Platoon came suddenly upon a small clearing. On the other side lay a squad of Germans,
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Tommy gun. Without even the briefest hesitation the platoon charged across the gap against a murderous fusillade of bulicts.
Six of them were hit almost as soon as they started to run, including Sergt Gerric, but the remainder with tre- mendous courage dashed ahead and bayoneted every one of the Germans.
About eight o'clock, after four-and-a-half hours of fierce fighting, "C" Company reach- ed the far end of the wood. Some time later “B” Company came up alongside. They had had the longer sweep through the wood to make. In the wako of the two companies lay a large number of Ger- man dead.
From the wood beyond came intense machine-gun` ́.... and trench mortar fire, causing a number of casualties among tho Gordons.
Some of the Germans who had saluded, in the attackers :i
among the bushes sniped at them from the rear. They were quickly tracked down. Some of them, realising the hopelessness of their positions, crept out and surrendered.
Three of them who gave themselves up played a madi trick upon their captors. It lent colour to the suggestion by one of the officers that many of the Germans were drugged.
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When a section of Gordons took charge of them, one of the Ger- mans slipped his water bottle from his equipment and let it drop. It fell, the Germans dived to the ground. The water bottle was fill- ed with explosive, and when it went of two of the Gordon High- lunders were killed.
The N.C.O. in charge immediate- ly shot all three, Germans, it was
a stupid trick on the part of the Nazis, for it really meant that they were committing suicide.
Gradually all the platoon got into position on the far stle of the wood. A German machine-gun was holding up the advance of the Black Watch. 2nd Lieut. Thom's platoon soon put the gun out of action.
Three Germans came out of the wood beyond with their hands above their heads and came straight over to the part of the wood held by Mr
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They were made prisoner. When they were being march- ed away, however, a trench mortar shell exploded near them, Mr Thom was hit and his servant was killed. Four other men were wounded, in- cluding one of the Germans. - The wounds were not serious.
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Before the attack it was believed that the Gordons would have to pay a heavy price to take the wood. But they outmanoeuvred the Ger- mans so cleverly that their casualties were far fewer than was expected.
Elsewhere along the front the attack had falled. The French tanks and infantry were held up in the centre, and a withdrawal was ordered.
The Colonel made a tour of the new positions and gave a word of congratulation to the men. Some hours later, how- ever, he had to order them to rotire from the wood they had so gallantly won. So at six o'clock in the evening, to their disappointment, they started back along the patha over which they had fought in the morning, machine-gunners from the Kensingtons taking over the defence of the wood until the Gordons got clear.
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