The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
'Sans Peur'
'Ne Obliviscaris'
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
'Sans Peur'
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A Snapshot of Service
Map of Libya |
from the A&SH tray..........Stirling Castle, Balaklava platoon drill practice on the esplanade. The platoon Corporal, Jimmy Letham, facing the squad gives the command, 'Squad will move to the right in threes, right turn!' - and points to his right. Some Jocks turned to their left! |
Background InformationThe Libyan Desert constitutes that part of the northeastern Sahara Desert which stretches from eastern Libya, into Egypt and to the northwest of Sudan.The area in Egypt known as the Western Desert, was the scene of extensive military operations during World War II. For example, on the 9th and 10th December 1940, British and Indian divisions launched a counter-offensive codenamed Operation Compass against the Italian 10th Army at Sidi Barrani. |
And the port of Tobruk, occupied by the Italian 10th Army commanded by Graziani fell to Australian troops on 21st January 1942 after a 12-day siege - 27,000 Italian prisoners were taken.
The Libyan desert terrain is harsh, arid, rocky and bare. The very few inhabitants who reside there mainly concentrate around the oases of Egypt and the Libyan oasis of al-Kufrah. Throughout our stay in the desert, we did not see any of the desert-dwelling or nomadic people, but we did see the odd Thompson gazelle, locust and hawk. I clearly remember some members of the platoon chasing gazelle across the desert at a terrific skelp in the back of a Landrover. |
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