I have heard those stories too, but sadly those of that generation and the next are no longer with us. Oh, how I wish that I had paid attention to those stories!
I have just been talking to my brother about this and he remembers Grand Father talking about this. Apparently the German gunners, Machine Gunners and Artillary put paid to that idea as they were pretty good on working out the ranges of the relieving troops and their way in, even in the dark and were not averse to upsetting the parade!
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" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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