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To: E. Charters who wrote (86970)	6/15/2002 10:40:55 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 117113

Was this a tall tale? An ex-German soldier once told me of a battle that raged until two German soldiers were left to man the 26 guns their comrades had been firing regularly before. When the German guns stopped firing, the Allies were still afraid to advance, fearing some surprise was awaiting them. Then the two men started to fire the guns from the two extreme ends of the gun emplacements. They converged towards the middle, on bikes, stopping and firing as they went until each reached the opposite end. And then they continued their reverse routine. This went on for about two weeks until their ammo was exhausted. Adrenalin was what kept them going. Meantime, the Allies were puzzled by the strange pattern of firing and they were unduly concerned about this and that. Finally, when they advanced after calling in aerial support and "softening up" by mortar fire from a new direction, they found, much to their embarrassment that only two "Jerries" had held them up for so long. Their buddies had lain dead for weeks. The Germans normally counte-attacked. But, with two men left, a counter-attack was not possible. But they certainly did their best under the circumstances.