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1 Welsh Guards exploitation to Les Fieffes

1944-08-04 · Les Fieffes · France

The story

At 0600 hours a substantial artillery concentration was brought to bear on the German positions with what result was not known.
At 0630 hours the Battalion attack on a two Company front and all went well and without opposition, as did the exploitation to LES FIEFFES.

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