Word: grenadiere
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Back at headquarters another German major general named Willibald Borowietz appeared and broke into tears. "I am a general without a command in truth," he said. "I have seen my division split in two and my Panzers wiped out. I have no Panzers, no artillery, not even a grenadier." The...
There are Grenadier Guards. In 1677 the noisy grenade was introduced into battle and each regiment got a grenadier company of picked men. Gradually the word grenadier became synonymous with elite. At Waterloo the Guards defeated Napoleon's last hope, his Imperial Guard, so decisively that they were awarded...
From her father Princess Elizabeth received the 17th of the annual birthday pearls which will make a completed necklace of 21. On the eve of her birthday she had her first solo public engagement, reviewing alone her Grenadier Guards.
The First Army has none of the veteran arrogance of the mighty Eighth. The First as it now exists is young. It was reorganized, equipped and trained specifically for the North African job. Some of its units are ancient and honorable: such regiments as the Coldstream Guards, the Grenadier Guards...
At Every Hedgerow. Not likely to be confused with the Grenadier Guards, on their regular Sunday drill the Home Guards nevertheless looked like able fighting men. A two-year scrounge for armament had equipped them all with firearms, even if some were ancient fowling pieces. Most of them had uniforms...