13th parachute battalionの例文

• The 13th Parachute Battalion, however, was disbanded just before leaving Malaya.
• The village was liberated by the British 13th Parachute Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard.
• During the night of 28 March, 13th Parachute Battalion captured the high ground above the village of Erle.
• By the end of the day the 12th and 13th Parachute Battalions were still holding Le Bas de Ranville and Ranville.
• When the 13th Parachute Battalion advanced close enough to Hill 13, they carried out a bayonet charge on the summit.
• The next British airborne unit to land was the 13th Parachute Battalion rapidly secured the rest of the brigade's objectives.
• Its two forward units, the 7th Parachute Battalion and the 13th Parachute Battalion, held their fire until the Germans were only away.
• The 13th Parachute Battalion was disbanded before leaving Malaya, and the remainder of the brigade arrived at Nathanya in Palestine on 5 August 1946.
• The 13th Parachute Battalion, which had been under fire for three hours, dashed across of open land into cover at the base of Hill 13.
• The River Touques has two branches running through the town, and the 13th Parachute Battalion were given the objective of establishing a bridgehead across the river.
• The 7th Parachute Battalion secured the DZ, while the 12th and 13th Parachute Battalions headed for the brigade objective, the road from the DZ to Hamminkeln.
• Shortly afterwards the aircraft carrying Brigadier Nigel Poett's 13th Parachute Battalion dug in to the east, centred around Ranville, where brigade HQ would be located.
• On 22 August a patrol from the 13th Parachute Battalion succeeded in crossing the eastern branch of the river, and was quickly reinforced by the rest of the battalion.
• Later the same day during an attack on the 13th Parachute Battalion, three German self-propelled guns were destroyed, and the next day the battalion destroyed another six attacking tanks.
• The 13th Parachute Battalion fought its way into the town and across the first branch of the river, but German resistance was heavy and they could not get across the eastern branch.
• The 13th Parachute Battalion could also only muster around 60 per cent of its strength on the DZ . This battalion had two objectives; to secure Ranville and to clear the DZ of obstacles for the division's gliders which were to land next.
• One company from 13th Parachute Battalion was detailed to remain at the landing-zone the battalion had used to provide protection for a company of Royal Engineer sappers, who were to demolish the poles and explosives that were present in the area so that 6th Airborne Division headquarters could safely land.
• In the evening'C'Company from 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 6th Airlanding Brigade joined the 13th Parachute Battalion as reinforcements, and in the early hours of 5 January, a determined attack by the Battalion succeeded in pushing the bulk of the Germans out of the village although one Tiger tank remained despite repeated PIAT attacks on it.
• The other two battalions that made up 5th Parachute Brigade were the 13th Parachute Battalions, and much like the 7th Parachute Battalion, both were badly scattered when they were dropped at 00 : 50; when both units moved away from their rendezvous points neither had more than sixty percent of their strength, although individual airborne troops and small groups would join the battalions throughout the day.
• Both of the battalions had been tasked with securing the area around DZ N and the two bridges captured by the coup-de-main forces, a task which was made much more difficult by being scattered throughout the area . 12th Parachute Battalion had been tasked with securing the village of Le Bas de Ranville, which it did so by 04 : 00, whilst 13th Parachute Battalion was to secure the town of Ranville, which it achieved around the same time, albeit against heavier resistance than that encountered by the other battalion.