By CREUSS
The squad was progressing under cover, along the hill. We were to walk round the enemy camp, and take them from behind. The Lieutenant gave us this mission, not to overtake them, but to create a second attack, at the same time our forces would invade them from the other side. They call that strategy. It was a realistic training, against the paras, but we did not fear them!
The leading NCO ordered two of us (me and a good mate) to strip naked but the underpants, cover us with dust and earth, and crawl as close as possible to the camp. We had a river to cross swimming; so naked was better (if not, we would be soaked and noisy when getting to the enemies.) So we did, and we took the path we were indicated. Others were to walk a longer distance, to get there, taking a bridge about 5km further. Our scout expedition would help to get quickly and safely to the enemies, and save time the attack. We took the time to be very cautious, and quiet as it would be stupid to be discovered now and let them guess our tactics.
Eventually, we found ourselves very close to their camp. We could see them but not be seen. As the Lieutenant thought, they had very few defences toward the river, as they were expecting us to attack from the other way. We decided to split up, and my mate made a tour around the camp to have a better view behind the rocks on the left side. I saw him crawling and moving slowly, toward the spot he wanted to get to. I would be able to see him from my spot but he won’t be able to see me when he got there.
