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Canucks In Germany Tough, Fighting Fit _By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special to The Oshawa Times SENNELAGER, West Ger- nany The 4th Canadian Army Brigade in Europe is a ough, physically fit, well-train-| *d and splendid-equipped flight-| ng group. That is my impres-| sion of the men I have seen in ® full day of participating in army {training exercises in the Sennelager concentration area of West Germany, in a training| ground used by the Kaiser's! army in the first world war, hy Hitler's troops in the second] jan_old ruined schioss. I have gone along a narrow path through the woods to see a Ca- radian soldier take pot shots al enemies appearing from be- hind trees, rocks and from house windows, in a test of which cov 150. Sas iles alertness and quick action. And of forest and moorland, with| 1 ave been out on night defen- very sandy soil, and with only sive operation so realistic that a few dwellings within the area./it almost recalled the realities Here the Brigade is spending of war as I'used to know them three weeks in individual, sec-/in far bygone. days. tion, platoon and company| " ° i" on training in warfare, under con-| MICH EXPERIENCE . | ditions which simulate the real It has been a rich experience, thing to a marked degree an experience of evoking a sense of pride in the officers and STRENUOUS DAY other ranks of the 4th Canadian I have followed the troops, by Infantry Brigade. These men jeep and on foot, through a @re tremendously fit. Only the strenuous day of exercises, 1 peak of physical condition could have ridden in a tank, and act-/enable them to carry out the this is from the square-bashing, rifle drill and od. foot-slogging which I away back in 1915. ly Of course, there is a greater gp tion in the army. Here at Sen-| nelager the motivating idea is to accustom men operating in small groups to situations and| conditions which they would | 0 have to face in actual combat. ALL UNITS TAKE PART Each day every known in the days of training| (hey fired at moving and {ness had individual soldiers ad-| |vancing one at a time along a narrow winding path through means, enemy figures appeared behind the trees and rocks, at training windows ef houses, and running, range in the area is in use.|through the woods. The test was the disappearing targets on advance of about 500 yards| woods. By joying this training. They were Men of the Black Watch of Can. for the soldier to spot and shoot | entering into it with zest and ada were seen in individual tests at each target whieh appeared enthusiasm. How different alllof marksmanship, but not using for a few seconds. At one point routine of the old buil's eye target meth-'a pig was made to run across road to divert attention of had! First using 22 calibre rifles, the soldier from an enemy fig- Firsl, using 32 calles quick-|ure behind a knoll on the flank. a/How the troops enjoyed that These exercises were really|painted landscape, Then 1 exercise interesting for those taking part. watched more of them making OLD CASTLE CAPTURED ' After a lunch in the field, I diversity of weapons than there op an objective, taking cover|watched a company of the Black was 45 years ago. There is a far|and firing «t their targets every Watch of Canada, with mortar greater degree of mechaniza-|2p or 30 yards. fire and heavy machine gun The test of individual alert-| support, advance in well-timed rushes to capture the ruins of an old castle. Artillery fire was | simulated by using mechanical charges near the objective, Ac: tual mortar shells crashed into the ruins, and machine gun and rifle fire caused dust and chips of stone to fly. buried The night exercise which I| watched, after dark, but a dark | ness made pale by a bright full moon, was a spectacular affair. A company of the Black Watch was assigned to defensive posi- tions, to beat off an enemy at- tack, Mortars fired parachute flares to light up the battle- {field, Buried charges were ex- ploded to give the effects of ar- tillery fire. Mechanically oper- ated life-sized figures moved across the landscape and ad- vanced towards the position to represent the attacking enemy. And the defending troops poured cut a withering hail of fire from their automatic weapons from| the slit trenches. I talked with one of the troops operating the mortars. He was Corporal C. K. Johnson of Tim- THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, July 13, 1961 11 mins, Ontario, whose parents, Mr, and Mrs, William Johnson, live on Cherry street in that city. Corporal Johnson was thoroughly enjoying the exer- cise. He is assigned to a head- quarters mortar section. He is now on his second tour of duty in Germany. He came over with the 1st Canadian Infantry Bri. gade in 1951, and spent three years in the Hanover area. In October, 1959, he returned to Germany with the Black Watch, In the fall of this year he will be going back to Canada. He impressed me as a young man with a keen interest in his work and 'responsibilities, typi- cal of the hundreds I have seen in action on this busy day. And at the end of it. I mar- velled at the endurance and fit- ness of these young Canadians who were able to go through this tough course, and yet look fresh and vigorous, and ready to cope with anything which might come along. They are splendid representatives of the manhood of Canada, GAGARIN WOULD VISIT MONTREAL (CP) -- Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin said Wednesday he would be glad to visit Canada if the tour could be fitted into his 'timetable' and if he was invited officially. He was interviewed by tele. phone through an interpreter by radio station CKGM here. and now devoted {o intensive ed as the gun-loader in an ex. strenuous exercises to which training of Canadian, British, |ercise in which tanks and in. they were subjected on the bar-yarious types of training. For| German and Belgian {roops of|/fantry combined in an attack|Ten sandy wastes of Sennelager, instance, I saw men of the the NATO forces. on enemy stroag-points. I have|on which the deep sand seems|Queen's Own Rifles of Canada All of the operational units of followed up a company of the to hold one back at every foot- carrying out an attack on an the Canadian Brigade have Black Watch of Canada, sup- step. enemy fortification over rough, moved out from their home ported by moitars and heavy| What impressed me most was| sandy ground, and capturing it | bases into this training area, machine guns, in the capure of/that the men were really en-'by an outflanking movement, | Units take their turns at the ~ -- OSHAWA APPLIANCES | o REDaWHITE Value Check'd Meats Maple Leaf Cryovac 12's Sweet Pickled Cottage ROLLS = IDEAL FOR THE BARBECUE, TENDER, MEATY, EXTRA LEAN Pork Spareribs MAPLE LEAF, TASTY FOR THE BARBECUE Skinless Wieners CANADA PACKER'S DEVON BRAND MAPLE LEAF 16-0Z. CELLO PKG. Sliced Bologna * HAMBURGER FOR THE BARBECUE, LEAN, FRESH MAPLE LEAF . 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