The story
Backed by a heavy barrage f rom the Royal Horse Artillery (7th Armoured Division, UK) and mortar fire, the Devonshire's moved through the 1st Herefords and helped rescue a company of the Monmouth's who had been cut off on a hill and recaptured a number of unmanned British anti-tank guns in front of the bridgehead.
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