Posts Tagged ‘British Battalion’

  1. Journey to Hill 481

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    October 1, 2013 by Lydia Syson

    Last week’s experience of visiting some of the settings for key events in A World Between Us was extremely powerful. It’s …
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  2. Remembering the Battle of the Ebro, September 1938

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    September 26, 2013 by Lydia Syson

    ‘On the other side of the river, spirits are high. They’ve driven Franco’s forces from the steep hillsides outside Corbera. …
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