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Fontaine-le-Pin and Potigny in Normandy 1944 (345 words) |
 | In the night of 9-10 August, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada of the 10th Infantry Brigade took hill 195, north of Potigny. |
| After heavy preliminary artillery shelling of the German lines, General Maczek launched his 1st Armoured Division towards Potigny and Fontaine-le-Pin. |
| The 24th Lanciers advanced towards Ussy, where several Tiger tanks of the SS Panzer-abteilung 102 withdrew and allowed the Poles to liberate Fontaine-le-Pin. |
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