PERIGNY/PROUSSY Calvados - 12 and 5 km north of Condé-sur-Noireau The onrush of the German Tiger was doomed On 6 August 1944 the 43rd Infantry Division Wessex attacked Mont Pinçon highest point in Normandy. Overlooking the attackers the Germans of the 276th Infantry Division opposed stiff resistance, until a breakthrough of the 13/14th Hussars tanks to the top compelled them to withdraw. The next day the 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry liberated Le Plessis-Grimoult. The XXXth Corps commanded by General Horrocks pushed toward the rivers Le Noireau and Orne. On 9 August General Badinski's troops were heavily shelled, then started the assault of the 8th Brigade's tanks and infantry. A counter-attack of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 stabilised temporarily the front line. But the British called for support of the Air Force, and the fighter bombers knocked out several German tanks. On 11 August the two remnant Tiger hit a pack of Sherman tanks of the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, the Germans were overwhelmed. On 12 August Périgny was liberated, and the 7th Battalion Green Howards reached Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille. The Germans retreated toward Condé-sur-Noireau, on 16 August British troops entered Proussy.
349th Bomb Squadron monument Périgny Monument in memory of the crew of a bomber of the 349th Bomb Squadron US Air Force, The aircraft crashed in the area on 9 August 1944. Localisation : on the town main place     Lanfranchi stele Proussy Stele dedicated to Canadian pilot James Lanfranchi 26 years old, of the 403rd Canadian Royal Air Force Squadron. He was shot down on 28 June 1944 in Proussy Localisation : at the northern exit of the town, near the War Memorial
ROAD MAP			INTERESTING WEB SITES Association web site of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards http://www.creullyclub.freeuk.com/frameset.htm Web site about the B Squadron 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards http://www.fourthtroop.freeuk.com/ Web site about tanks - download Michael Wittmann military file http://www.panzermuseum.com/downloads/doc_details.html Personal web site about the German infantryman http://www.deutschesoldaten.com/ Web page about the Bovington Museum Tiger I (England) http://www.tiger-tank.com/   All rights of photos, texts, maps and graphics design are reserved