British Troops Vulnerable to German Operation

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  • The remainder of the bridgehead was constricted, making the British troops vulnerable to another German operation.
  • The counter-attacks planned for 12 July by the 32nd Division were cancelled.
  • Operation Hush was revised to incorporate the cancelled counter-attack plan.
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The remainder of the bridgehead was constricted, the German artillery reinforcements were still present and after a successful counter-attack, British troops would be vulnerable to another German operation. Du Cane wanted to wait until the rest of the British artillery arrived and the main offensive at Ypres had begun. Rawlinson accepted Du Cane's views and counter-attacks planned for 12 July by the 32nd Division were cancelled. The 33rd Division was moved to the coast in August and took over from Nieuport to Lombartsyde, spending three weeks in the line, under night bombing and gas shelling. Two of the 33rd Division battalions were kilted Scottish and suffered severely from mustard gas burns, until equipped with undergarments. To keep British preparations secret, crews from 52 Squadron RFC and the 1st Division were segregated on 16 July, at Le Clipon a camp enclosed by barbed wire and a story was put about that it was in quarantine. The 1st Division artillery was reduced to three 18-pounder batteries and nine tanks, two cyclist battalions, a motor machine-gun battery and a machine-gun company. It was planned to create three brigade columns, each of which would embark on two monitors, 2,500 men being carried by the pontoon lashed between the monitors. Special fighter patrols were arranged to keep German reconnaissance aircraft away from training areas and arrangements were made for early warning of German aircraft approaching Dunkirk, with fightersstanding by to intercept them. Operation Hush was revised to incorporate the cancelled counter-attack plan; the attack on Lombartzyde would begin from the ground still held north of the Yser, by the 66th Division and a flank attack shortly after from the Geleide Brook to the coast. The attack up the coast and the landings were left unchanged.

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>Battle of Arleux, part of the Second phase of the Second Battle of Arras. という英文のArleuxの読みなのですが、何と読むのでしょうか? ⇒Arleuxの読み方は〔arlφ〕≒〔アルロ〕です。〔φ〕は、〔o〕と〔e〕の中間のような音を表します。 >The remainder of the bridgehead was constricted, the German artillery reinforcements were still present and after a successful counter-attack, British troops would be vulnerable to another German operation. Du Cane wanted to wait until the rest of the British artillery arrived and the main offensive at Ypres had begun. ⇒橋頭堡の残存兵は厳しい状況下にあって、ドイツ軍の砲兵隊増援はまだ続いており、英国軍としては反撃に一旦成功したものの、ドイツ軍の作戦行動がもう一回でもあれば、持ちこたえられないように思われた。デュ・ケインとしては、残りの英国軍砲兵隊が到着するのと、イープルの主要攻撃が始まるのを待ちたかった。 >Rawlinson accepted Du Cane's views and counter-attacks planned for 12 July by the 32nd Division were cancelled. The 33rd Division was moved to the coast in August and took over from Nieuport to Lombartsyde, spending three weeks in the line, under night bombing and gas shelling. Two of the 33rd Division battalions were kilted Scottish and suffered severely from mustard gas burns, until equipped with undergarments. ⇒ローリンソンはデュ・ケインの意見を受け入れて、第32師団によって7月12日に予定された反撃は中止された。第33師団は8月に海岸方面へ移動されて、夜間爆破とガス砲撃の下、戦線の中で3週間過ごして、ニューポートからロンバルツィドまでを奪回した。第33師団のうち2個大隊はキルトをはいたスコットランド人で、下着を着用するまではマスタードガスによる火傷でひどく苦しんだ。 >To keep British preparations secret, crews from 52 Squadron RFC and the 1st Division were segregated on 16 July, at Le Clipon a camp enclosed by barbed wire and a story was put about that it was in quarantine. The 1st Division artillery was reduced to three 18-pounder batteries and nine tanks, two cyclist battalions, a motor machine-gun battery and a machine-gun company. It was planned to create three brigade columns, each of which would embark on two monitors, 2,500 men being carried by the pontoon lashed between the monitors. ⇒英国軍の準備を秘密にしておくために、RFC(英国空軍)第52戦隊と第1師団から来た特務部隊が、7月16日に差別待遇を行って、野営地ル・クリポンを有刺鉄線で囲い込み、それは隔離所であるという噂語を広めた。第1師団砲兵隊は、3門の18型ポンド砲、9台の戦車、サイクリスト2個大隊、重機関銃1個中隊、および機関銃1個中隊に縮小された。3個旅団の縦隊を創設することが計画されて、それぞれの旅団が2隻のモニター艦に乗り込み、2,500人の兵士がモニター艦の間につながれたポンツーンで運ばれた。 >Special fighter patrols were arranged to keep German reconnaissance aircraft away from training areas and arrangements were made for early warning of German aircraft approaching Dunkirk, with fightersstanding by to intercept them. Operation Hush was revised to incorporate the cancelled counter-attack plan; the attack on Lombartzyde would begin from the ground still held north of the Yser, by the 66th Division and a flank attack shortly after from the Geleide Brook to the coast. The attack up the coast and the landings were left unchanged. ⇒ドイツ軍の調査航空機を教練地域から遠ざけるために特別なパトロール戦闘隊が手配されて、妨害によって彼らを一時戦闘停止状態にすることで、ダンキルクに接近しているドイツ軍の航空機への早期警戒のための準備手筈が整えられた。「作戦行動の沈黙」が、中止された反撃計画を取り入れるために、修正を施された。ロンバルツィドへの攻撃は、第66師団によってまだ占拠が維持されているイゼールの北から始められて、その直後にジェレイド川から海岸にかけて側面攻撃を行うこととなった。海岸への攻撃と上陸の段は、そのまま変わらずとされた。

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