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18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

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		Page
	foreword	v
	acknowledgment	vii
1	early days	1
2	the ‘orion’	15
3	maadi camp	28
4	garawla interludes	48
5	‘freyberg's wogs’	57
6	over the water	67
7	the first encounter	78
8	withdrawal from servia	97
9	out of greece	109
10	airborne invasion	123
11	the crete debacle	143
12	reconstruction	169
13	attack in the desert	181
14	calamity in the desert	205
15	the pendulum swings	220
16	fresh woods	231
17	interrupted holiday	246
18	battle at minqar qaim	253
19	alamein chessboard	265
20	disaster at ruweisat	277
21	the el mreir fiasco	295
22	trial by heat	306
23	farewell to the blue	318
24	‘tanks of our own’	329
25	back to europe	348
26	the brick wall—guardiagrele	363
27	the brick wall—orsogna	386
28	on the orsogna road	405page x
29	winter and spring	417
30	east of cassino	432
31	cassino and the mountains	446
32	the impassable hills	460
33	beyond the liri	477
34	northwards	493
35	tiger country	502
36	florence—but not quite	523
37	the road to the plains	539
38	mud scramble in the romagna	550
39	armoured attack	568
40	through mud and water to the senio	583
41	dark winter	603
42	the surging wave	616
43	flood tide	633
44	retrospect	651
	roll of honour	655
	summary of casualties	663
	honours and awards	664
	commanding officers	666
	index	667