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CHAPTER VII
KEHRAUS*
B
y August 23rd, full supplies of ammunition
had been brought forward to the fighting
lines, and all preparations had been made
for vigorously pushing the attack. Emergency
rations had been distributed amongst the troops
—there would not be time for cooking during the
next couple of days—and at dusk the troops who
were to take part in the attack had been concen-
trated at their different rendezvous. The attack
had been fixed for four in the morning, shortly
before daybreak, when it would be just light
enough to allow them to see their way and their
own men, but when the dim, dusky demi-jour
would be quite insufficient to give the enemy any
indication of the movements of their troops, and
yet still light enough to break the power of the
searchlights, which the Japanese had already
begun to regard with a certain distrust and
respect. Just at this time, neither day nor night,
neither light nor dark, had always been the
favourite hour for the Japanese attacks, and they
saw no reason to change their methods on this
occasion.
The plan for the operations remained un-
changed. The 9th Division, reinforced by the
4th independent infantry brigade and one batta-
lion from the ist Division, were to make the main
* Anglicl^ “ finale ” (the last dance).
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