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1 Welsh Guards near Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles

1944-08-01 · Saint-Denis-Maisoncelles · France

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Battalion H.Q. and transport less ‘A’ Echelon and T.C.L.s moved up in the evening, over tracks fairly free from the traffic blocks which had previously seemed interminable.
The Germans had moved out of ST DENIS MAISONCELLES only that morning leaving most of their belongings behind them, and the Police Serjeant (Sereant STEELE) spend a happy evening making a pair of goggles out of a German gas mask

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