European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. September 16, j987 the stars and stripes Page 9 British army sappers on duly with he .10ih fit id so Royal engineers of is Crohn Germany set charges in top of an Alier River bridgi1 during Cerrata strike manat Graf Bridge assault keeps British troops scurrying about  writer Todenhagen. Germany sol Bob Wilson scurried crab like along the sleep and Brush tangled approach to an Aller River Bridge North or Hannover. He and his eight Man Section of the British 1st in Grenadier guards arrived in one of 18 helicopters Totake the Bridge and hold it while sapper explosives experts rigged it o blow. Tuesday s Bridge assault one or several military operations on the second Day of certain strike was a big Job. But the British soldiers and their support troop Seul the Mission into neat Pic sections and divvied them out in Small portions unit by unil. Helicopters came from several nato countries the sappers came from the Jolli Field so Royal engineers. Ami aircraft javelin missile launchers rested on the shoulders of gunners from the British 2nd Field regt air defense any the Orange forces harrier jets from Raf Gui Casdorf Germany gave the gunners inc positions of the Blue enemy targets but for the Overall oper Mion to run smoothly smal unit leaders like Wilson kept their own Little Independent worlds humming smoothly. Panting from his Effort and sweating Little Black balls of beads Down his camouflaged face Wilson Scur ried from one of his soldiers to another. Guardsman Lee Maz Ingham Flung shovels of dirt Over his shoulder to make a Shell scrape a foxhole . Soldiers. This is bloody hard work he grunted. Wilson patted him on the Back and said keep up the Good work  sgt. Mai. Chris Savage arrived. In a torrent  numbers. Wilson  she situs of his Section adding no problems Here  me mini have been doing Loo Well Savage gave him a pm by m. You be got a casualty on the liner Side of the Bridge he said it s guardsman Martin Smith. I m loading ammunition into machine gun. Certai&str1ke afraid he s not feeling very Well he s Ever so  Wilson Pul Maz Ingham in. Narge of the Wisl Side of the Bridge Ihen scurried across inc rapid to where mar tin Smith s brother  f pm Kevin Smith was put Ting in a machine gun emplacement. Wisbon gestured across the open flood Plain below them. This is the main killing /oni1." he old Kevin Smith then helped him set the gun up for maximum effect. He had stepped into the 5hoes of Kevin Smith s dead brother about 450 men assaulted the Bridge led by Nie echoing Wilson s Brand of leadership All were a furriers tuesday s operation began with three words from Wilson that if the Lone for every act that followed tin s go lads he shouted and led them to Lake the Bridge. British Jim a Vik