On this day 27th July
1809 - The Light Brigade under Craufurd, reached Navalmoral, 52 miles from Talavera, at sunset.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – MONTAUBAN.
Some shelling of vicinity of Regimental Headquarters.
Very late at night received orders to relieve 2/Highland Light Infantry in trenches (front line) about WATERLOT FARM tomorrow.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – ARQUEVES
Battalion in Billets.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – CHATEAU ST COME.
During the night a small number of enemy bombers dropped a few bombs on the Regtl area causing damage to a small building occupied by No.7 (A/Tk) Pl HQ. (no one inside the house was hurt). 'A' Coy suffered one slight casualty. Our patrols confirmed that the enemy are still occupying the same FDLs. The enemy has been much more cautious in his movement to-day and our snipers only claim one definite hit. At 1730 our mortars put down a small but effective conc on a party of ten enemy moving back to their Coy HQ. At 2045 hrs about 20 enemy mortar bombs landed in the fd behind one of our own mortar btys, and so all three of our btys fired immediately on BENEAUVILLE CHATEAU which is thought to be a Bn HQ. This seemed to have the desired effect.
1809 - The Light Brigade under Craufurd, reached Navalmoral, 52 miles from Talavera, at sunset.
1916 –2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – MONTAUBAN.
Some shelling of vicinity of Regimental Headquarters.
Very late at night received orders to relieve 2/Highland Light Infantry in trenches (front line) about WATERLOT FARM tomorrow.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – ARQUEVES
Battalion in Billets.
1944 - 2nd (Airborne) Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI – CHATEAU ST COME.
During the night a small number of enemy bombers dropped a few bombs on the Regtl area causing damage to a small building occupied by No.7 (A/Tk) Pl HQ. (no one inside the house was hurt). 'A' Coy suffered one slight casualty. Our patrols confirmed that the enemy are still occupying the same FDLs. The enemy has been much more cautious in his movement to-day and our snipers only claim one definite hit. At 1730 our mortars put down a small but effective conc on a party of ten enemy moving back to their Coy HQ. At 2045 hrs about 20 enemy mortar bombs landed in the fd behind one of our own mortar btys, and so all three of our btys fired immediately on BENEAUVILLE CHATEAU which is thought to be a Bn HQ. This seemed to have the desired effect.
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