THE 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S 214TH BRIGADE CROSSES THE SEINE AT VERNON [Allocated Title]

Troops and vehicles make their way into 43rd (Wessex) Division's bridgehead on the north bank of the Seine as German opposition slackens.

Infantry from the 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry's rifle companies make their way across the broken spans of the old road bridge over the Seine partially destroyed by USAAF bombing while a close-support raft manned by a team from 15th (Kent) GHQ Troops RE ferries a scout car across the river. A 43rd Recce Regiment White scout car and a half-track OP belonging to the 94th Field Regiment RA are among the vehicles sent over the 650-foot long Class 9 Folding Boat bridge soon after its completion by 553 and 204 Field Companies RE in the afternoon of August 26th 1944.

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