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his hand to halt company
behind him and hurried back
to the company commander "There's
something in the hedge" he told him.
Then he crept forward. Behind the
hedgerow he saw a field gun with
a crew of 4 with two supporting
machine guns. He returned &
informed his commander. Lofthouse
told him to take a piat, (Projectile
Infantry Anti-Tank) & two Bren
gunners to divert their attention
while the rest of the company
attacked the position.
Hollis with the piat and
two Bren gunners went through
the hedge into the kitchen garden
of a cottage which was not
more than 15-20 yards from the
gun(you have to get that close
with a PIAT to have any effect
otherwise it's suicide) They found
themselves lying in tall rhubarb.
Hollis moved the stalks of
rhubard in front of him to
get the Piat into position hoping
to put the the "bomb" on the
breech block with his first
shot. He knew he'd have only
one shot - it's trajectory
is slow and it can be seen
as it sails through the air.
As he movd the Rhubarb
he was spotted The field gun almost