James Holland

It's easily done.

Yeah.

And he's knackered.

And suddenly there's a Sherman firing at him.

He can barely see it.

He doesn't have his other Shermans following up.

And he just thinks, you know, surrender's a better form of valor, and he can blame him, frankly.

So then Semkin moves on, joins Render, and gathers together the rest of A Squadron together.

So this attack was supposed to start at 5.30.

Actually, it's 5.30 that Render has his engagement with the Tiger tank.

It's about 7.30 that they're finally ready to go.

And how Semkin has organised his squadron, he says, basically, this is a suicide, this is a balaclava charge.

And he says, right, I've got my Praetorian Guard in the middle with the Fireflies.

We'll go down, we'll have the road, the single road.

You and I have been on that road many times.

You're going up to Roray Ridge.

We'll be there.

Everyone else, make sure you're far enough spaced apart that you never overlap.

You never want a view where there's two tanks together.

You always want to be spaced apart enough.