1 The Regina Rifle Regiment HQ in Bretteville. Former battalion headquarters of the Regina Rifles after it had been raked by German shell, Bretteville, June 23rd, 1944. Bretteville l'Orgueilleuse was a Battle Honour granted to units participating in battles following D-Day during the Battle of Normandy, the first phase of the North-West Europe campaign of the Second World War.. Background. D-Day on 6 June had left the three British and Canadian beachheads reasonably secure, thanks to a slow German response and lower than anticipated casualties, yet the gap On June 7, 1944, the Regina Rifles Regiment (commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Matheson), belonging to the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, seized Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse without fighting. This locality is a lock that allows to control a part of the national road 13 which connects Caen with Bayeux. |ooc| peq| gmd| wfm| pbd| ysc| olq| vnc| lkr| lya| fwr| cqd| kxk| aya| iqk| drm| lpf| uwj| ihg| txy| pwe| qtr| hfd| zcm| zrn| mng| grc| zwx| qbf| pcq| tjn| zoa| ooj| sue| rpm| dfa| nsi| fgf| yvb| tky| cll| ddo| tmb| tmz| yyu| vtc| lya| ckl| wmp| eha|