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Description: | Photocopy of an anonymous ts account (13pp) written in the from of a letter from Walmer Internment Camp in Holland, by a naval rating of D Company, Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who had been captured after the fall of Antwerp. The account describes Collingwood Battalion's embarkation for Dunkirk and journey to Antwerp, conditions in the besieged city, the desertion of the Belgian allies and retreat through the city into Holland and ends with the author's comments on the disastrous operation, 4 October 1914.
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Catalogue date 1982-01 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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