Saturday
8 July 1944
Start Location:
LE HOMME
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
End Location:
LEBISEY
Take over completed in morning.
Later the Bn moved forward to rear of LEBISEY and later to high ground forward of village (037710) with rear Bn HQ remaining behind.
Patrols reported few enemy forward, but roads blocked with debris.
D-Day+
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8 July 1944
Soldiers of the King's Own Scottish Borderers digging in in a cornfield by Lebisey Wood, the scene of heavy fighting in the battle for Caen.
Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts)
On the 8th of July we moved up behind the KSLI in 185 brigade to Lebisey, where we passed through the KSLI during the hours of darkness and then dug in on the slopes leading to the bombed outskirts.
1st KOSB Veteran, Jeff Henderson
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Saturday
8 July 1944
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