3RD DIVISION'S 8TH BRIGADE CONSOLIDATED ITS HOLD ON VILLAGES ASTRIDE THE CAEN-TROARN RAILWAY [Allocated Title]

Infantrymen from the 2nd Battalion East York Regiment are seen digging in and taking cover from German shell or mortar fire near the village of Touffreville. Shermans from the 13/18th Hussars operating with 3rd Division's 8th Brigade pick their way past the Château de Sannerville (in the background) into the village of Sannerville which has been wrecked by the previous day's bombing and fighting. Two soldiers serving with the 1st Suffolk Regiment dig a trench for their platoon HQ between sleepers on the Caen-Troarn railway at Banneville-la-Campagne. The railway and the adjoining area have been laid waste by RAF bombing. A bomb crater provides an ample blast shelter for one of the Suffolk's jeeps. Universal carriers belonging to the 51st Highland Division's 152nd Brigade driving down the Escoville - Troarn road pass a wrecked 21st Panzer Division SdKfz 250 half- track. A knocked-out 7.5cm anti-tank gun on a French Somua half- track chassis lies abandoned near a road along which 3rd Division signallers are laying telephone cables. 9th Brigade infantry moves up to take up positions in a brick factory (?) beyond Sannerville.

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