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BURON
Calvados
- 5 km north-west of Caen
The revenge of the Highland Light Infantry
On 8 July 1944, the Ist British Corps launched the Operation Charnwood,
the objectives were the German positions north and north-west of Caen.
Buron had been already the field of fierce fighting on 7 June, the
Canadians had been badly mauled. On 8 July, artillery preparation
was heavy, 80,000 shells were fired within five days in the Caen sector.
At dawn the Canadians of the Highland Light Infantry, of the 3rd Infantry
Division, spanned an anti tank ditch in front of Buron, they fought
hand to hand with the SS grenadiere. At 4:30 pm a shell fell on the
Canadian staff and caused several casualties. In the evening the Canadians
counted their losses : 262 men. The following day the attack was renewed
and Buron was finally taken to the SS around 10:00 pm, the town was
strewn with dead Canadian and German bodies.
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Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment monument
Highland
Light Infantry monument
