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We soon got orders to mo e forward to an area just north of Ver-sur-Mer
and on this move forward we saw our first dead German soldiers, lying in the
cornfields and almost hidden from sight. By 12.30 hours were were well-establish
in time to give artillery support to the flying column of infantry pushing ahead.
A bridge into CREVLLY was held by one enemy platoon and the guns of B-troop
were called in to support a swift attack by the Green Howards to capture the
bridge. At about 1400 hrs. [inserted] we [end inserted] were called upon to fire at a German 88 mm S P gun
which was forced to withdraw from Creully.
Fire support was given to this flying column of infantry all the afternoon [insert] x [end insert]
on orders from our Forward O.P. officers. Our guns were not able to move
further forward that day and remained on the outskirts of Ver-sur-Mer. Many
snipers were hiding in the woods just behind the Battery position and on one
occasion shells from British Sherman tanks engaging the snipers landed in the
Battery area, fortunately without damage. We remained in that position for the
night. All night long the rattle of A.A. guns from the beaches and the moving
patterns of the tracer shells told their story of the desperate enemy air
attacks on the beaches and shipping. We thought of the R.E.’s beach company
who had landed with us and thanked our stars they were on the beach and not us.

x Between 1600 hrs. and 1700 hrs. we were engaging 88 mm SP guns and infantry.
Between 1800 hrs and dusk we were firing on some fortified farm buildings
housing what was known to be a radar station and which was directing fire on to
our leading infantry. Acting on orders from our F.U.O. Capt. Perry, our shells
landed on the roofs of these buildings and silenced the enemy fire. At dusk,
the leading infantry Battalion formed a pivot on high ground west of Coulomb
and fire from our guns was maintained to cover the withdrawal and no more was
heard from the farm buildings until the next day).

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