Chapter 18: The Cauldron, by Zeno

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Chapter 18: The Cauldron, by Zeno

In September, 1944, the British 1st Airborne Division found itself in a fierce battle for the Dutch city of Arnhem. Al Murray reads the story of a single platoon trapped in the smoking ruins of the city. The author, known as Zeno, fought at Arnhem and later wrote this account of the battle while in prison. Although long out of print, The Cauldron remains the best first hand account of the British forces stranded on the north side of the Rhine.

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0:00.0	We have ways of making you talk presents The Cauldron by Zeno,
0:17.5	read by Almari.
0:19.8	Chapter 18.
0:21.6	Moocock and Liddon were waiting for the piet's to fire.
0:24.8	The two anti-tank spigot mortars were in the room above them with summers woodly and
0:28.8	the two men from Three Platoon.
0:31.1	Behind them in the gardens were three two-inch mortars and their teams, and with them were
0:34.8	the last of the H.E. mortar bombs.
0:37.6	Bridgman slipped into the room and joined them.
0:40.0	He had found a carpet slipper in one of the houses, and it was tied to his left foot with
0:43.4	carkey bandaging.
0:44.8	The mortar splinter had cut an artery without severing it, and now congealed blood and
0:49.3	a tight bandage was sufficient to prevent any serious loss of blood.
0:53.5	You cover the gap to the left of that house.
0:55.8	He pointed over Liddon's shoulder.
0:57.4	You won't get time to fire at them after they appear so you must fire before you see
1:00.4	them.
1:01.4	Start slow bursts as soon as you see the piet bomb strike.
1:05.1	Liddon nodded his fair hair and looked sideways at Moocock.
1:08.3	The gap was only a few yards wide.
1:10.2	He didn't think they'd make a very good killing, but he realised that they represented only
1:13.6	one part of the fire plan.
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