trenchtrotter Posted 11 March , 2008 Share Posted 11 March , 2008 12 for me. Im with Broomers re the Irish q. It flawed me! Fairly easy for qs I thought. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrette Posted 11 March , 2008 Share Posted 11 March , 2008 Dawn during the summer is from about 4.30 to 5 am BST so I have always wondered why they didn't attack earlier; possibly because of the chance of being silhouetted against the rising sun or perhaps the Staff and the Generals didn't think that they could cope without full daylight. Hi Squirrel, As I'm obssessed with clocks and time of jumping off I had to look this one up :- using:- Geoscience Australia Beaumont Hamel Lat= 50°05'00" Long= +2°39'00" TIMES OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET (for ideal horizon & meteorological conditions) Time zone: +0.00 hours 01/07/1916 Rise 0344 Set 2002 {UTC} Computed using National Mapping Division's sunrisenset program, version 2.2 So they would have had to get up about 3 am to be ready - for a pre-dawn launch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 12 March , 2008 Share Posted 12 March , 2008 Probably little sleep on the night before the attack - even given what we know now I reckon that an earlier start might have been an advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 13 March , 2008 Share Posted 13 March , 2008 IIRC, H-Hour was at 7.30 so that the French could complete their final bombardments in daylight, and reduce the German opposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-ted Posted 14 March , 2008 Author Share Posted 14 March , 2008 Hello Pals, we never thought that this would go to three pages, we just intended to let other pals know about the Mastermind programme. Thanks for all your replies & interest. What a great community this is. Kind regards. John & Kathleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59165 Posted 14 March , 2008 Share Posted 14 March , 2008 Hello Pals, we never thought that this would go to three pages, we just intended to let other pals know about the Mastermind programme. Thanks for all your replies & interest. What a great community this is. Kind regards. John & Kathleen No! Thanks so much to you two for posting it! I got a shoddy 5(maybe 6 but was out of time on Graves) & I'm happy with that as its not my area at all. Brill stuff. If only it'd been Festubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted 14 March , 2008 Share Posted 14 March , 2008 I got 9 should've got 11, not a clue with the von lossberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-ted Posted 14 March , 2008 Author Share Posted 14 March , 2008 Just goes to show we can all lern more if we want to. AND pass it on! Keep the Candle Burning. J&K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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