The story
As planned, on 23 June elements of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division's, 152nd (Highland) Infantry Brigade launched a preliminary attack.
Before daybreak and without an artillery bombardment, the Highland infantry advanced in silence towards the village of Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardronette. They took the German garrison by surprise and had control of the village before sunrise. During the morning the Highlanders were counterattacked by elements of the 21st Panzer Division's Kampfgruppe von Luck; fighting lasted all morning but by midday the village was firmly in British hands
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