Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms. (AP) REG507 Also shown is a paddle

Also shown is a paddle steamer with very shallow draft taking on troops close to the beach and in the distance HMS Grafton can be seen taking troops from the mole

Smoke begins to pour from his Hurricane as a German gunner hits his oil sump

420 vehicles and 23 tanks were destroyed by StG 77

6 returned unscathed and 8 failed to return

222 and a Panzer IV tank during the combat in North Africa

Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms. (AP) REG507 Also shown is a paddleDHM299AP. Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms. The Storming party, 750 volunteers, included 200 men of the Guards, one hundred each from the First and Coldstream Guards. They moved off at two in the morning on the 31st August 1813, and occupied a ruined convent where they remained till half past nine. Aware of the almost impossible task ahead of them, and subjected to a violent electric thunderstorm, the troops waited in a state of