Word: withing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The German patrols are usually armed only with grenades, pistols and knives. Their objective is information. They want prisoners if possible [to learn about French troop dispositions, replacements].
"They also want to tempt us to fire with automatic arms in order to get our position.
"It was 3:30 p.m., and with lowering clouds the skies were already darkening fast. The officer ordered us to string out in file ten paces apart.
"When you are with these highly professional soldiers, men who have been fighting this kind of guerrilla warfare most of their lives, you cannot help feeling unbounded confidence.
"Immediately after dark this entire area becomes a sort of No Man's Land, with patrols on both sides operating through the valleys. The Germans never fail to send patrols nightly. They operate in groups of 40, preceded by highly trained dogs which come to a silent 'point...