Tony Hibbert (1917-2014) about how Sosabowski was treated, interview 2012

Personal account Major Hibbert, Lathbury's Brigade Major: As we neared the bridge I managed to get radio contact with Brigadier Lathbury and told him that Colonel Frost, with the 2nd Battalion, was on the bridge and we (Brigade Headquarters) were about to join them. The route 2nd Battalion had taken was still clear so I suggested that he should side-step 3rd Battalion along the Southern route and bring them onto the bridge. The first priority was to get to the bridge, and not to get engaged in street fights. But he said 'No', they were too heavily engaged with the enemy and couldn't be disentangled at that time of night; they'd come through in the morning after resting.