Lieutenant P Bickepsteth of 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade briefs his men during a counter-booby trap patrol in the village of Nieuwstadt, 3 January 1945.
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Troops of the 1st Rifle Brigade walking carefully through the villlage of Nieuwstadt,
4th January 1945, during Operation Blackcock.
Then image: © IWM B 13384
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Nieuwstadt; While some men give covering fire, others troops of the 1st Rifle Brigade make a dash across the stream.
Then image: © IWM B 13387
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Troops of the 1st Rifle Brigade take cover as a mortar bomb explodes in a stream in the village of Nieuwstadt, north of Sittard, 3 January 1945.
Then image: © IWM B 13385
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