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dbf · 26-04-2008, 01:51 AM

The Diary for 3 IG has in the appendices, sentry duties listed and what to look out for. Threats from floating mines and frogmen with torpedoes were to be taken seriously ...

My father remembers standing on the bridge on watch for mines and sabotage. He and his mate thought they saw something coming downstream with the current. They set off the alarm by trying to shoot the mine. Repeated attempts to detonate it were fruitless.
Officers alarmed at the shooting ran to the bridge, incl. JOE who took out his binoculars and smiled. "If it indeed had been a mine, you would have saved the bridge, however it is not." All eyes scanned the river as the bloated body of a cow with legs extended drifted past ... so I guess that may have been the German sense of humour at work then.
dbf

26-04-2008, 01:51 AM	#27 (permalink)
dbf Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 1,118	The Diary for 3 IG has in the appendices, sentry duties listed and what to look out for. Threats from floating mines and frogmen with torpedoes were to be taken seriously ... My father remembers standing on the bridge on watch for mines and sabotage. He and his mate thought they saw something coming downstream with the current. They set off the alarm by trying to shoot the mine. Repeated attempts to detonate it were fruitless. Officers alarmed at the shooting ran to the bridge, incl. JOE who took out his binoculars and smiled. "If it indeed had been a mine, you would have saved the bridge, however it is not." All eyes scanned the river as the bloated body of a cow with legs extended drifted past ... so I guess that may have been the German sense of humour at work then. dbf Last edited by dbf; 26-04-2008 at 01:57 AM. Reason: typo