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	Mortain: the Battle for Hill 314
		The 1st of the 120th was on the west of Mortain holding hill 285.
		However the drama at the individual level may be overshadowed by the theater level significance of the division's stand in Mortain.
		By leaving the 30th unrelieved at Mortain, General Bradley was able to fix the Germans on this bait and begin an encirclement of the entire German Army Group B. Via Ultra intercepts the Allied high command knew the Germans were not going to retreat from the battle with the 30th.
	home.nc.rr.com /oldhickory/page6.htm (1001 words)

	History of the 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Enemy positions around Mortain were bombed by 1500 friendly planes at 1500 hours; the artillery marking targets with smoke shells.
		At 0025 hours a large column of tanks reported moving south on road at 562161 and a TOT artillery concentration was laid upon them; three are burning.
		At 2015 hours a large enemy column was reported moving into Mortain from the North and six enemy tanks reported moving south from coordinates 653084 at 1152 hours.
	home.comcast.net /~the654th_tdb/1944_aug_10.htm (1479 words)

	Robert, Count of Mortain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Around 1055 Duke William was consolidating his hold on the duchy, and having disposessed the count of Mortain, gave the county to Robert.
		Mortain was a frontier territory, bordering on Brittany and Maine, and Robert contributed to the defense of the duchy by constructing castles at the town of Mortain, and at St. Hilaire-du-Harcouet, le Tilleul, and Tinchebrai.
		He married Matilda, daughter of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and was succeeded by their son William, Count of Mortain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert,_Count_of_Mortain (418 words)

	Mortain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mortain was, in the Middle Ages, the head of an important county (comté), reserved for the reigning house of Normandy (see List of Counts of Mortain).
		In August 1944, Mortain was the site of an important battle between the German and American forces.
		Over a period of six nights the U.S. 30th Infantry Division fought valiantly (with one radio with dying batteries) against the German Panzer counter-attack of Operation Luttich, to preserve the breakout established in Operation Cobra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mortain (506 words)

	History of the 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A few enemy shells fell in the area during the night without causing damage or casualties and enemy planes were over at 0030 and 0430 hours dropping flares but did no bombing or strafing.
		At 1618 hours the G2 Section reported 20 enemy tanks on the road just south of Mortain, and at 2230 hours enemy prisoners reported that there were 10 enemy tanks at Bion, France, preparing to attack our positions, and at 2240 hours four Tiger tanks were reported approaching "A" Company's area.
		The enemy continued his last ditch stand and struggle in the Mortain Sector with a view of gaining his objective; breaking through to the sea, but his forces have taken such a hammering and mauling until he is nearly at the point of exhaustion.
	home.comcast.net /~the654th_tdb/1944_aug_11.htm (1200 words)

	D Day: TacAir Omnipotent: Mortain and the Falaise-Argentan Pocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mortain and Falaise, like Wadi el Far'a, Guadalajara, and more recently Mitla Pass and the Kuwait City-Basra Road, have come to symbolize a particular form of warfare: the destruction of closely packed columns of troops and vehicles by constant and merciless fighter-bomber strikes in concert with action on the ground.
		The attack on Mortain was allegedly revealed by Ultra-the Allies' breaking of the German codes-so that the American forces were able to set up their defense in advance of the German thrust.
		Elements of the 2 SS Panzer Division, operating south of the devastated 1 SS Panzer Division, besieged Hill 317, in whose shadow Mortain is nestled.
	www.aero-web.org /history/wwii/d-day/14.htm (1243 words)

	30th infantry - Unit Histories -Mortain
		In repelling at Mortain the first large scale German counterattack launched after the Allied invasion of Normandy, two months to the day, brave men, though outnumbered, stood and outfought an enemy who had surrounded part of them, who threatened to isolate the rest of them, and who almost destroyed them all.
		Recapturing Mortain itself, and to re-establish contact with the surrounded 2nd Battalion of the 120th Regiment on the Hill #314.
		As Americans around Mortain were proving their courage and stamina, only Americans in battle strength on top of Hill #314 were demonstrating the meaning of HEROISM in one of the outstanding small-unit achievements of the European campaign.
	www.30thinfantry.org /unit_history_mortain.shtml (4044 words)

	(MortainDugan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the St. Lo Breakout on July 26, 1944, Combat Command B was attached to the 1st Infantry Division, and after turning the corner near Marigny, advanced rapidly to the west toward Coutances on the west coast.
		Combat Command B was withdrawn to an assembly area west of Mortain for rest and maintenance after 12 days of continuous combat.
		In commemoration of this operation the 30th Infantry Division adopted the nickname of "The Rock of Mortain." (One infantry battalion was later to receive a Presidential Unit Citation for this action).
	home.earthlink.net /~crcorbin/MortainDugan.html (750 words)

	Mortain - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MORTAIN, a small town in the department of La Manche, France, the chief town of an arrondissement and seat of a sub-prefect.
		It is beautifully situated on a rocky hill rising above the gorge of the Cance, a tributary of the Selune.
		Mortain was, in the middle ages, the head of an important comte, reserved for the reigning house of Normandy.
	www.1911ency.org /M/MO/MORTAIN.htm (400 words)

	Mortain
		The lead elements of II/D ambushed the I&R platoon of the U.S. 120th Infantry Regiment in Romagny earlier that morning and after a two hour fight killed or captured all of the Americans with the exception of three soldiers who were able to escape.
		Heavy artillery and mortar fire is falling on the "DF" regiment positions north of Mortain.
		The Germans kept the lightly wounded as prisoners and freed the remainder of the convoy.
	www.dasreich.ca /mortain.html (1479 words)

	Les comtes de Mortain
		L’histoire du comté de Mortain s’inscrit dans le cadre de la formation du duché de Normandie et de la protection de ses frontières.
		En y fondant une collégiale Saint-Evroult (dotée d’une école) et un prieuré de Marmoutier, il semble que Robert de Mortain ait voulu faire de la capitale de son comté une agglomération qui puisse s’élever au rang des grandes villes du duché de Normandie.
		Henri Ier Beauclerc concède ensuite, entre 1113 et 1118, le comté de Mortain à son neveu, Etienne de Blois, qui le garde après son accession sur le trône d’Angleterre, en 1135.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /france/ensavoirplus/biographie/mortain.htm (634 words)

	The Northern France Campaign, Page 4 - The 35th Infantry Division in World War Two
		It was then learned that the Second Battalion of te 30th Division’s 120th Infantry Regiment had been in a defensive position on Hill 317, a high rocky ridge on the East edge of Mortain, perhaps a mile in length which afforded excellent observation points to direct effective artillery fire on advancing German armored units.
		The German counter offensive at Mortain had been halted and there began at last a full scale but controlled withdrawal of the entire German Seventh Army toward Paris, more specifically toward the open ends of a horseshoe like line at Falaise and Argentian, some 75 miles West of Paris.
		The failure of the British and Canadians to close more rapidly from Falaise permitted a large part of the trapped German Army to escape, much to Gen. Patton’s ire who had asked to be permitted to close it with the Third Army and was denied.
	www.35thinfdivassoc.com /NorthernFrance/NF_story_4.shtml (808 words)

	The Allied Thrust and the Mortain Counter-Attack
		The main phases of the Battle of Normandy >> The Allied Thrust and the Mortain Counter-Attack
		For their part, the British captured Villers-Bocage and what was left of Aunay-sur-Odon, which had been devastated by aerial bombardments in June.
		At Mortain, Hitler had had his final throw of the dice in Normandy.
	www.normandiememoire.com /NM60Anglais/2_histo4/histo4_p08_gb.htm (526 words)

	Northwest Historical Association (NWHA) - WW2 Reenacting Society
		When we were relieved on the line at Mortain, we went to the rear to find our half-tracks in an assembly area.
		The strange thing is that we, the dogfaces, still didn't know we were in the Battle of Mortain.
		Mortain faded as we ran north to meet the Canadians to help close the Falaise Gap.
	www.nwha.org /news_3Q2004/news_page6.html (2097 words)

	30th infantry - Unit Histories -Mortain
		Elements of the 1st Division had reached MORTAIN, consolidated positions, and were aggressively patrolling to the front.
		The most critical terrain in the area lay in the vicinity of MORTAIN and extended west to the sea.
		The move south to MORTAIN, a distance of approximately 45 miles, was uneventful, and the regiment closed into its assembly area at about 061000 August.
	www.30thinfantry.org /unit_history_2_battalion.shtml (1050 words)

	Presenting the 35th Infantry Division in WWII - Chapter 5
		Avranches, the focal point of communications between the Allied source of supplies at Cherbourg and the beachheads, was seated at the juncture of the bases of the Cotentin and the Brittany peninsulas.
		This advance was continued on the 12th, and early in the morning the ridge of the high ground north of le Gil Bouillion was gained.
		However, the 1st Battalion of the 137th and the 3rd Battalion of the 134th, which had been attached, were still engaged in heavy fighting at that hour, and relief was not effected until the morning of 13 August.
	www.coulthart.com /134/35chapter_5.htm (1642 words)

	Ville de MORTAIN
		Mortain qui avait été prise par Henri 1er d'Angleterre après la bataille de Tinchebray, fut assiégée en 1137 et en 1141 par Geoffroy d'Anjou en conflit avec son cousin Etienne de Blois pour la possession du domaine anglo-normand.
		En 1355, Jean le Bon enleva Mortain aux troupes de Charles le Mauvais qui était comte d'Evreux et Mortain et allié du roi d'Angleterre.
		Mortain devint alors un relais de chasse, sans y séjourner, la famille d'Orléans par l'intermédiaire de ses intendants devait contribuer à la prospérité du pays par la vente de landes et taillis défrichés de la Lande Pourrie, en secourant les pauvres dans les années de famine.
	www.roynel.com /hl/mr/mortain.htm (770 words)

	Against the Odds
		Following the defeat of the British and Canadian offensives of Operations Goodwood and Spring, in August 1944 the Germans redeployed several panzer divisions to shut down the American Operation Cobra offensive by attacking due west to the sea.
		The fiercest fighting occurred to the north and east of Mortain at Hill 314 (hex 1501 on the game map) where surrounded Americans of the 2nd Battalion of the 120th Regiment threw back repeated German attacks.
		Control of the high ground here would make the Mortain position nearly untenable, and with it the main Allied supply route from Normandy south would be severed.
	www.atomagazine.com /freegame.html (359 words)

	Amazon.com: Mortain: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Normandy, Cobra and Mortain by Rudolf von Gersdorff (Unknown Binding - 1945)
		Mortain 44: Objectif Avranches by Gilles Buisson (Unknown Binding - 1984)
		French king, Philippe, and Richard's younger brother, John, Count of Mortain, had been doing all in their power to prolong Richard's...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Mortain&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (422 words)

	Book Reviews
		This action, and armored thrusts around Barenton (southeast of Mortain) were the keys to halting the German advance.
		Additionally, Reardon faults the Germans for uninspired leadership, for not securing the southeast flank at Barenton, for failing to use recon units in their proper role of info gathering rather than combat units, for failing to coordinate with the Luftwaffe, and for mismanaging artillery assets.
		My only problem with the book is that in places the text jumps temporally; there are places where a new section of the book will describe events that occurred prior to what was just happening in the previous section.
	www.uni.edu /~licari/review13.html (871 words)

	Rotherham Web: Robert, Count of Mortain
		Robert, Count of Mortain, was half brother of William the Conqueror.
		William the Warling, a cousin of Duke William, was in 1048 - 9 deprived of the county of Mortain, which was handed over to Robert.
		In 1082 they founded a collegiate church in their castle of Mortain, under the guidance of their chaplain Vitalis, abbot of Savigny.
	www.rotherhamweb.co.uk /h/mortain.htm (315 words)

	MORTAIN - Online Information article about MORTAIN
		death (1154) his surviving son William became count of Mortain, but when he died childless in 1159 the Comte was resumed by Henry II.
		John, who was thenceforth known as count of Mortain till he ascended the See also:
		grandson of John of Gaunt, was created count of Mortain and so styled till 1441, when he was made See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOL_MOS/MORTAIN.html (584 words)

	D Day: Closing the Gap at Falaise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In retrospect, air was more critical-and under greater pressure at Mortain than at the subsequent fighting in the Falaise-Argentan pocket.
		Mortain was an Allied defensive battle whereas Falaise was an encirclement and an attempt to prevent the Germans from escaping out of the trap eastward.
		For the next two weeks, Allied troops-British, American, and Polish- harassed the German forces caught inside the pocket until finally, on August 21, the gap was closed.
	www.aero-web.org /history/wwii/d-day/15.html (946 words)

	Victory at Mortain: Stopping Hitler's Panzer Counteroffensive Armor - Find Articles
		He was formerly assigned to the joint staff as an assistant deputy director of operations in the National Military Command Center.
		The Battle of Mortain was a desperate attempt by the German army to stop Operation Cobra, the U.S. breakout from Normandy.
		The most astounding aspect of this battle was not the American victory, but the fact that the Germans were unable to achieve a significant victory the first day of battle.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAB/is_3_113/ai_n6045093 (463 words)

	Feldgrau.net :: View topic - Operation Luttich The Mortain Offensive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		During the Mortain Offensive, the 30th Infantry Division stood alone in the initial phase.
		Absent the first and events in the "campaign" of Mortain may have gone very differently (without changing the ultimate outcome), absent the second and quite possibly the "stand" of the 101st could have collapsed for lack of artillery support.
		Because during the Mortain campaign there was the battle of St. Barthelemy, the battle of Mortain and so on.
	www.feldgrau.net /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9470 (4124 words)

	GENUKI: What's in a Name, MORTEN, from "The Peak Advertiser", Derbyshire
		However, in the case of "Mortain" it must be left to specialists in French place-names to provide a more comprehensive discussion as to its precise origin and meaning.
		Robert de Mortain took an active part in the landing and at the Battle of Hastings and was rewarded most lavishly by William for his support.
		Since it was very much in order during the Middle Ages for those who worked for great lords to adopt their names, it must follow that many people who bear this aristocratic name can only attribute it to this practice.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/NamesPersonal/Morten.html (1065 words)

	France Rental - Detached Gite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are four bedrooms in the main part of the house, sleeping up to 8, plus a cot and the attached fully furnished and self contained annexe sleeps a further two in a sofa bed.
		The house is in the pretty village of St. Jean du Corail, which is a few minutes drive from the historic town of Mortain and ten minute's drive from the busy market town of St. Hilaire du Harcouet.
		The house is very comfortably furnished and is an ideal base for relaxing in the house and garden or for sightseeing around Normandy.
	www.vrbo.com /91666 (337 words)

	REAL TOURNAMENT: LEVEL DESIGN
		In an unusual fit of ivory-towered whimsy, XenoGenics Corp.'s chief genome hack Dr. Alexis Mortain had this extension to his laboratory constructed so that while sweating over vats of chromosomal soup he could "delight in the cacophony of tournament combat." Word is, it helps him work --
		Scrubbed cleaner than a headshot, Mortain's halls and walkways curve and lurch together, forming a tightly knit battleground for this domination turf-war.
		As dubious indication of the fate awaiting the maimed and wounded, genomorphic chambers bubble serenely from the walls, boiling up clones for future championship bouts.
	www.planetunreal.com /realtournament/rt/docs/maps/mort.shtml (179 words)

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