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...Monty. Eisenhower has a few words of appraisal on both the strength and weakness of his first lieutenant, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. His holding of the Caen hinge position was "masterly," but the old master was slow at the tape-the offensive launched from Caumont did not jump off soon enough. Emphatically, Eisenhower did not want Monty (or anybody else) as commander of all ground forces; he is sure that he did right in retaining that control himself...
...British and Canadians were moving, too, in an offensive from the center of the line south of Caumont. The pressure was on. If it could be kept on, General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery could pick his time to drive against the east end of the line, below Caen. There the enemy still had his heaviest defenses...
Into a quadrangle bounded by Balleroy, Tilly-sur-Seulles, Villers-Bocage and Caumont (see map), both the Allied armies and the enemy threw infantry-tank combat teams. The British got into Tilly, got thrown out, tried to get in again. The cost, in men and vehicles, was becoming too steep...
...Horton Caumont Force 3L., centre, was prepared at Brown and Nichols School: Last year he was on the University squad. He played in the Pennsylvania game this fall. His age is 23, height 6 feet 4 1-2 inches, and weight 208 pounds...
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