Bushire, Rumania, Red Sea, Royal Navy in World War 1. The. British Armoured Car Force of the. Royal Naval Air Service had seen quite. Roumania. They had done. Belgium, they had. Russia, and they. Persia; in. fact, a kind of supernatural instinct. In. the late autumn of 1. Persia, having come to the. Odessa. wondering where they should go next. Of. course they knew in their hearts that. The man who said that R. N. A. S. When an officer in. Sailing Orders, and sometimes the. But, on the whole. Put the helm hard over. Proceed full speed. Towards. the end of November 1. Hirsova on the Dobrudsha. Danube, where General. Sirelius of the 4th Siberian Army. Corps told them that they were just in. Things had been going badly of. General Mackensen had been. Roumanian divisions on a. Dobrudsha as though it were the. Unter den Linden. But there was just a. A Russian force, sweeping. Danube and the Black. Sea, might be able to cut off the. Bucharest, and cheery optimists among. 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Dear Real Zionist News Family - The Palestinians (both Muslim and Christian) are GETTING THE ROYAL SHAFT. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20 th 1889 in a small Austrian town called Braunau, near to the German border. His father – Alois – was fifty-one when Hitler was born. People & Events: Roy Bryant (1931-1994), Carolyn Bryant (1934-) and J. Milam (1919-1981) Roy and Carolyn Bryant and J. Milam will always be linked to the 1955. Bucharest had failed to hold their. The general in. command of the Russian forces. Roumanians had. at once sent out an S. O. S. The. scouts all reported that the roads. Danube were too bad for any. So Commander. Gregory went to the Chief of Staff of. Siberian Corps, and told him. Incidentally. he relieved his mind by pointing out. Now. when General Sirelius heard from his. Chief of Staff what Commander Gregory. British armoured cars. Already the. Bucharest army was taking from him all. Dobrudsha, and was transferring them. Danube to the defence of. Bucharest. The result was that the. But here again his intentions. S. O. S. So he ordered. November. The. British armoured cars were divided. Topalul. towards Ballagestii and a third from. Panteleimon towards. Saragea. The morning broke dull and. Lieutenant- Commander Belt, in command. Number One Squadron, was ordered. Topalul to Ballagestii. He found. that the enemy was leaving nothing to. The. road along which the cars had to. The. ground on either side of the track was. Two Russian cars of. British. squadron, and when they were ordered. They then. conceived the idea of turning off the. It was a bold. scheme, but it failed to take into. An armoured car is no fairy. They had no. sooner left the track than they found. Bulgarians expressing their. Then. came a telephone message from the. Russian observation post, ordering one. Lanchester“ cars to go. Russian cars, and. Russian. infantry in launching an attack. Now, the ordinary practice when. This is a fairly simple. He proceeded up the. Russian infantry followed, and the. When. he had approached within a few yards. Turning a heavy car on a. He had put the lever. Luckily, he. managed to extricate his wheels, but. Next. Lieutenant Walford was sent into. Lanchester.” By this time the enemy. This. theory suited the Russian infantry. The trouble was. that they split into fragments, and. In. trying to turn he did just the same. Lefroy had already done. He succeeded, however. This effectually put the. It is regrettable to. Lieutenant Walford and of. These had found their way. Meanwhile. the two Russian cars were hopelessly. Lieutenant Commander Belt himself went. He had exactly the same. At last. with a series of protesting snorts and. By. this time it was quite dark, and. There are times when it. On his way back. through the dark he met another. Lanchester,” coming to the rescue. It. afterwards transpired that three of. Russian car were. Russian. car. The two cars had to be destroyed. Russian artillery. Such. is the record of the first day's. It must be put. to their credit that, by causing the. Russian. infantry to capture a hill on the left. This was something to the good. All through the. night the Russian infantry pressed. General Sirelius parody the great. Augustus, exclaiming, “Varus, Varus. The truth. of the matter was that the breakdown. Roumanian forces defending. Bucharest had placed the Russian army. Dobrudsha in a most unenviable. Mackensen. All. next day (1st December) the fighting. No more Russian. cars were available, but the British. For two solid miles each. On one. occasion, when Lieutenant Crossing had. Russian. shell had made a neat gap through the. Bulgarians. He. immediately switched his machine- gun. So. far the attack had been pressed mainly. Topalul in the direction of. Ballagestii, and, though the Russian. In fact, what. reserves had been left to General. Sirelius were now all used up, and by. Corps was so thoroughly worn. When day dawned on 2nd. December the situation had become. At. 9 o'clock in the morning Commander. Gregory was requested by the Russian. Staff to send two ears into action. But the cars went into action. Russian. infantry, who made no attempt to. The bitter truth was that. It was. a vital necessity to conceal the fact. Russian troops were so badly. For nearly two hours the. Lieutenant Walford and. Sub- Lieutenant Gawler carried on this. General. Mackensen's army, dodging up and down. Bulgarian. trenches. The notion of two armoured. British sense. of humour. The strange part of it is. It. was in the direction of Panteleimon. Lieutenant Commander Wells Hood. There were three of them, and. Lieutenant- Commander Wells Hood. They soon came under heavy. Saragea the rifles and. The. leading car was only 6. Bulgarian trenches when the enemy were. Bulgarian infantry. The. range was 4. But the moral effect. The. Bulgarian infantry dropped back into. The. next manoeuvre was to turn the car. There was an. ulterior object in this manoeuvre, for. If. the car could only get close enough to. Bulgarian trenches, the artillery. Such at least was the theory, but. The artillery shortened. This was an awkward. But the driver. treated it as though it was all in the. The next. problem was how to start her up again. Meanwhile. the two other cars were not enjoying. The third. car, commanded by Lieutenant Ingle. Bulgarian. trenches. This car also seemed to be. The history of its exploits was. The. car had run very nicely until it was. No Man's Land, when the. Lieutenant Ingle jumped. Again. Lieutenant Ingle risked the chance of. A bullet struck him just above. It was a lucky chance that he. So. there were the whole of the crew. No Man's Land, and the next thing. Bulgarian advance. Some. Bulgarian soldiers presently came up. Bulgarian lines. Then they. Lieutenant Ingle. By this time it was quite. Lieutenant Ingle was. He knew that many hours. That crawl. lasted exactly twelve hours - twelve. At daybreak some Russian. British naval officer lying on the. Then they got a. stretcher and took him to the hospital. Panteleimon. In. the meantime things had been happening. Lieutenant Ingle, in which. As soon. as night had fallen the Russians had. Bulgarians for 3. This again brought our cars. Russian lines, and it only. It. was not an easy operation in the dark. Bulgarian snipers. It was the main feature. The. battle was over, and the result was. It may have. produced a diversion, which for the. Bucharest, but the original objective. Dobrudsha. between the Danube and the Black Sea. Cernavoda had faded away like. The cars returned to. Hirsova, where the repair staff got to. In fact, the. general had applied for permission to. No. account of the battle of Topalul would. British armoured cars. Scott was in. command of them, and at once placed. Russian Senior Medical Officer. He. sent Surgeon Glegg with two sick berth. Panteleimon, while he and Surgeon. Maitland Scott, with the rest of the. Topalul. At six o'clock in. November the. Russian wounded began to arrive, and. There. was only one Russian officer capable. On. 1st December Staff- Surgeon Scott was. Russian S. M. O., who had a new problem. One day's fighting had. The question was, how. The only medical transport the. Russians possessed was a lot of. The only. possible solution of the problem was. Armoured Car Force, and. By eight. o'clock in the morning the fleet of. Chisdarestii. where the cases were to be placed on. It. is astonishing to find how little. The two. naval doctors had been busy with. It is equally. astonishing to find what versatility. Before long. Staff- Surgeon Scott and his staff. Topalul and Chisdarestii where. Fortunately Staff- Surgeon. Scott had anticipated this, and had. By. picking away the road in places where. At Chisdarestii. they put all the wounded men safely on. The second trip. removed 8. On. this day (1st December) they were able. But they were. up again early next morning for more. Chisdarestii before they. On turning out they. Chisdarestii, taking fifty. Hirsova to. relieve the pressure on the barges. At Hirsova they found Lieutenant. Ingle, sent there from Panteleimon. In spite. of the assistance rendered by the. British motor- lorries, it was found. Russians with transport, and large. Chisdarestii. Staff- Surgeon. Scott mentions that at Topalul he and. Russian Senior Medical. Officers and staff. The modesty of. this statement is admirable, but one. Russian. medical arrangements would have been. British Navy. During the whole period. It. had been a period of gloom and. Russian and. English, endow the battle of Topalul. It is the. courage which . CHAPTER. XVTHE. RETREAT FROM THE DOBRUDSHA(click. Those. were dark days for Roumania in. December 1. 91. 6, when Mackensen's giant. Dobrudsha, while on the other side of. Danube the Austro- German forces. Bucharest. It. is not for me to try and fix the. When things. are going wrong, everybody blames. When. two nations, very wide apart in race. In. the Dobrudsha a Russian army had been. Mackensen's onslaught, and had even. Cernavoda Bridge. But. on the eve of that counter- attack all. General Sirelius, and thrust. Danube in a desperate. Roumanian army. which was defending Bucharest. The. counter- attack was a failure in all. Russian. troops, who throughout the battle of. Topalul were faced by greatly superior. British armoured. If bravery alone could win. Mackensen's army would have. So. the Russian army in the Dobrudsha. Bucharest had fallen.
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