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Just imagine bringing such guns as those 60 pdrs i.e. almost the size of the naval 6": across 30 miles of shifting deep loose sand. It is almost a par with Hannibals passage over the Alps. They achieved their purpose by putting down bushes in front of the wheels & running the wheels on planks when the gradient became too seep. There are piles & piles of thick planks out their some still in position left after the gun had run over them. An enormous number of men & - they estimate  €“ 30 men to each gun must have been

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