The Battle of Bromel

The first 105 shells exploded in their midst. The gunners back on base had poured it on mixing high explosive shells with white phosphorus the dreaded willy peat. There was a confidence in the men we'd lacked on june 10th We'd seen this drill before with a more talented enemy force and the men reacted with ruthless violence No shouting this time. Our emotions remained even keeled cold but laced with controlled rage that had been bottled up inside us for weeks.