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Old 10-01-2006, 21:33 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pdf27 View Post
Was there anything particularly exceptional about that battle, and if so can you direct me to some sources on it? From the potted history that's gone up here so far, it sounds pretty similar to actions like Gloster Hill in the same war, and no doubt a number of others too.
Apart from the fact that Capt. Wally Mills requested that artillery be fired on his own positions by the NZ Artillery, who duly obliged.
Or that the Canadians stemmed the breach in the UN lines and held despite a large numerical superiority in Chinese forces.
nothing too exceptional, no.
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