Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms. (AP) REG507 Smoke begins to pour from

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

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

Mystery still surrounds just why Manfred von Richthofen risked so much in chasing the novice pilot Wilfred Wop May into Allied-occupied territory on the morning of Sunday

The U-boat set off from Lorient in France for a second patrol

whilst a similar aircraft is preparing to be lowered into the water in the background

Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms. (AP) REG507 Smoke begins to pour fromDHM299AP. 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