Like all of Robinson's novels, " Damned Good Show " points out the inadequacies of the pre-war establishment and the many hurdles that Bomber Command had to overcome during the course of the war, such as inadequate aircraft in this case the Handley Page Hampden, and the inaccuracy of the night-time bombing raids on Germany.
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Supplying the infantry and mounted divisions was a vast undertaking, as one brigade ( and there were six involved in the attack on Gaza ) of light horse, mounted rifles, and yeomanry at war establishment consisted of approximately 2, 000 soldiers as well as the division of infantry; all requiring food and drink, clothing, ammunition and tools, etc.
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Back in the United Kingdom, 133rd Brigade was re-equipped and reformed in numbers as all units had suffered heavy casualties ( 5th Royal Sussex had suffered 354 casualties, nearly half their strength ) and had to be brought back up to their War Establishment strengths with large numbers of German invasion area, stretching from the Isle of Thanet to Dover and on to Folkestone '.
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According to the April 1915 War Establishment Organization Tables : New Army ( 40 / WO / 2425 ) it would have 12 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 10 Sergeants, 32 Artificers and 473 Other Ranks : Total 528 ( and a Base Detachment of 49 ); seeing some 140 in No, 1, 2, 3 Sections and 84 in No . 4 Section plus a total of 683 horses.
