One battalion of 69 Bde having fallen back due to unsustainable casualties leave the rest to squeeze the Germans into Villiers le Sec. Infantry losses are high which, at this late stage of the war, neither German nor British Armies can sustain. Of all the combatants in the West only the Americans are fresh. The British, as the Germans will continually do over the next months, will use armour to keep down infantry casualties...
The wheat is high but doesn't stop bullets...until the army bakes it into biscuits
Fire and movement is the order of the day...
The German Flakwagen is deadly in the ground roll
...as this 6pdr crew found out
Advance to contact
Achilles pressed into service as tanks
The smoke begins to clear. StuG ambush!
Bn HQ moves up
...takes a bead...
Hit! Light damage
Second hit! Heavy
Oil leak to rear means no move for one go
Sherman picks out StuG...
Bye bye StuG
Bren carrier catches alight in wheat field
The infantry must get through asap
Sorry for the wonky photo...must have tripped over a stone
25pdrs do sterling job
...bringing down fire on Fritz
Next coy makes a wider flanking move
Three other coy's follow up armour
Lost...typical recce
Sherman's move into the lead...
....but their efforts will be limited
until the infantry get into the town itself and whittle Gerry out of the buildings
Next time: Nice wallpaper, sorry about your door...windows...settee
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