Guest Mortiis Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 Read company commander (great book)and in it they made reference to a draw, exactly what is a draw, pictures would be great as well if possible. thnx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 Draw is an American term for a valley, I believe - like a wide, open depression overlooked by high ground. I played Purple Heart Draw in Close Combat 1, and I thought it was like a prize draw to see who wins the medal. =/ David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulett Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 Actually, a 'draw' is more like a gully, or as my dictionary puts it: "A small, natural drainageway with a shallow bed" or "the dry bed of a stream". There are 62 other definitions listed, but this is the one you want. -craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Weaver Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 Like kissing your sister. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mortiis Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 thnx for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted July 30, 2000 Share Posted July 30, 2000 chulett wrote: > Actually, a 'draw' is more like a gully I'm no American, but I doubt you're likely to hear about a gully in the context of a campaign. I believe draws featured heavily in the Allied advance through Normandy, an in this case they were wide valleys overlooked by the enemy, making them extremely hazardous - hence Purple Heart Draw. David You just messed with Scotland's most notorious pedant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulett Posted July 31, 2000 Share Posted July 31, 2000 Read the help file in the game for the battles. It refers to a draw that lies just northeast of the top of Hill 192. The 'German Perspective' specifically says "The draw is the perfect natural obstacle for stopping the Americans. It is deep enough to hinder tanks from crossing it. If US soldiers climb down to its bottom to get across it, they can easily be picked off from above." I really don't feel this refers to a wide valley... Besides, isn't it represented on the map as the wide stream-bed that runs north to south (battle 3)? -craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted July 31, 2000 Share Posted July 31, 2000 My dictionary calls it a gully shallower than a ravine. I think it's something much like a wadi, but with the added connotation that it is where a gulley opens out onto a wide, flat area. As regards Normandy, the re-entrants that provided access from the beaches to the interior and that lay between the bluffs were called draws. They were where the Germans placed the bulk of their mines and wire and were covered by machine guns that were the devil to get at. That's why the battles for them were such murder. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted July 31, 2000 Share Posted July 31, 2000 Okay! [throws arms up] I'm talking rubbish! mumble mumble if it's a gully then bloody well call it a gully mumble mumble damned yanks mumble mumble can't speak the queen's english mumble mumble =) [This message has been edited by David Aitken (edited 07-31-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted August 1, 2000 Share Posted August 1, 2000 Hey David, I just sent a package to a Drew Aitken in East Kilbride, works for MicroTech, any relation? As far as this thread goes, I just wanted to say I spent some time in the fair city of Amarillo, in the Pan Handle of Texas where it’s so flat you can see for a hundred miles and if you stand on a Tuna fish can you can see for another hundred. The only variation in the terrain are depressions in the ground. The Texans there have a dozen or so different names for them. E.g.: stream, wash, ravine, arroyo, gully, valley, canyon… they have more names for a gully than Eskimo’s have names for snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted August 1, 2000 Share Posted August 1, 2000 Don't know any Drews personally... that's not another name for a gully, is it? =) Aitken is a pretty common name in Scotland, actually. And the bloody English can never spell it (Aitkin? Atkin? Aikman?). =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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