COMBINED MANOEUVRES
BRITISH & AMERICAN TROOPS
(Rec. 9.40 a.m.)
LONDON, July 9
Thousands of British and American troops, with tanks, mechanised units, and planes, have completed the first combined manoeuvres on a big scale, lasting for eight days. One of the objects was to keep the infantry marching at an average of 25 miles a day.
Lieut-General Franklyn, who commanded the British troops, said that the co-operation between the commanders and the staffs could not have been better. They had learned a lot about each other's methods, especially in radio procedure. The American infantrymen were tremendously fast across country, and recovered quickly after a long and trying march. It is pointed out that the American boots weigh one pound less than the British Army boots.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 9, 10 July 1942, Page 3
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124COMBINED MANOEUVRES Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 9, 10 July 1942, Page 3
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