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Thanks, Christopher.

All is now clear.

M

"eine Kompanie aufgesessen zum Angriff"

If we see "aufgesessen" but tanks are not mentioned, can we assume that men were indeed sitting on tanks?

Is this term also used to describe infantry sitting on other vehicles, too?

Danke im Voraus ...

M

Thank you both for your helpful replies to my question.

M

"Die Batterie ging in offene Feuerstellung."
I'm unclear about 'offene' in the above. Does it mean a firing position which was in the open? Or is it connected with "to open fire"?
Comments greatly appreciated.

M

Just picked up your post ... all noted with thanks.

About Kew, I always stay with Mr + Mrs Cellan Jones. Wonderful breakfasts and only 10 minutes' walk from the NA. (Still prefer to call it the PRO)

ATB

M

Well, Rich, I've struck gold before with RQs on forums ... but your reply is so comprehensive and generous! Thank you very much. I can see that the whole thing is complex. But at least I know where I am ... and so does everyone else reading this thread. It's been hard to get chapter and verse. In th...

To my shame I see that I failed to thank you for the leads. I know the BA at Freiberg but was looking at Luftwaffe stuff when there. I'll see about the book which you mention, also.

Thanks again.

M

Thanks, John.

Your two postings contain a lot of very useful leads. I can see that it will be quite a job, but am getting a lot of help and will report back in due course.

M

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