we came in on the beaches near to edstrom.and there was a bit of thing went on about whether or not the radio sets we had would work well in a built-up area. they were perfectly all right for open country. and, so, i understand that the french commander, um, commandant philip kieffer, uh, produced the horn and-- and said "well, find someone to sound this." and the adjutant came, pointed at me and said "if you can sound a hunting horn, you can sound this." and when i tried it, i found that it was a little different from a straightforward english hunting horn. we thought it gave us a little more puff with this. um, and when we finally came and bashed our way through and came to the-- the german gun battery and were ready to go, uh, i found the radios were working quite well. so, i thought, well, i won't have to sound it. - and what happened? - well... my commanding officer, colonel dawson, he said "okay, sound the bloody thing just for the hell of it." - ( laughing ) - and-- and so i sounded the tally-ho... twice, just for the h