They leave for battle excited, apprehensive and sometimes frightened of what the harsh terrain and the enemy may do.

These included the harsh terrain, the closeness of the combat, and the lack of hot food, water and motor transport.

But the forces there have to confront harsh terrain and monsoons, and are driven out in early 1942.

The party had been pushing through difficult lancewood scrub and harsh terrain at a little over a kilometre a day.

The harsh terrain and limited resources of the area are thought to have contributed to the resistant and frugal nature of the breed.