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	101st Airborne WWII Division Chronicle
		In the division's southern sector, it was to seize the la Barquette lock and destroy a highway bridge northwest of the town of Carentan and a railroad bridge further west.
		The left arm of the assault was to cross the Douve River near Brevands, with the main body of that force continuing on to Carentan, while a smaller portion of the force moved east to the Vire River to contact the V Corps.
		Elements of the 506th managed to cross the river, neutralizing the enemy force that had destroyed the bridge, and a footbridge was improvised to allow the remainder of the 506th to cross.
	www.501stpir.com /101st_airborne_history/101stabn_history.html (4945 words)

	RPG Archive: Role Playing Community Site and Online Adventure Database
		The Couesnon river is the southwestern boundary of the duchy.
		Avre river: a tributary of the Eure river and the southern boundary of the inital territory granted to Hrolfr.
		Bethune river: At the mouth of this river is the port of DIEPPE.
	www.rpgarchive.com /index.php?page=adv1&advid=297 (4691 words)

	ST-LO: THE JULY OFFENSIVE
		East of the Vire was broken, hilly country rising steadily toward the south and featured by east-west ridges that ran across the axis of Allied advance.
		The Vire River, south of this crossing, loses its flood plain and is squeezed into a narrow corridor between steepening bluffs.
		West of the Vire, the sector facing XIX Corps' opening attack was part of the 20-mile front held by the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/100-13/st-lo_1.htm (4359 words)

	Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
		At Saint-Lô; the ragged effigy of Shrove Tuesday was followed by his widow, a big burly lout dressed as a woman with a crape veil, who emitted sounds of lamentation and woe in a stentorian voice.
		After being carried about the streets on a litter attended by a crowd of maskers, the figure was thrown into the River Vire.
		The man of straw, soaked with resin, floated away burning down the stream of the Vire, lighting up with its funeral fires the woods on the bank and the battlements of the old castle in which Louis XI.
	www.bartleby.com /196/pages/page306.html (622 words)

	Britannica Online Service :: Search
		It lies on a promontory dominating the Vire River valley.
		The town is a residential southeastern suburb of Paris lying on a loop of...
		It lies between the Chuacus Mountains and the Minas Mountains on the Salama River, a tributary of...
	www.britannica.co.kr /boltitles/s/s5.html (1515 words)

	82nd Eng. C. Batt. Association
		Two days later the 82nd, supported by the 234th Combat Engineers and the 992 Treadway Bridge Company, was assigned the mission of constructing bridges across the Vire River, south of St. Lo near the village of Candol, to launch the 29th into the breakout area.
		The battle for Vire was fierce as the Germans, occupying high ground, unleashed a steady barrage of artillery and mortar fire and units working to open routes through the city were constantly harassed by rear guard and snipers.
		Since the Infantry was occupied elsewhere along the river Company-B, with assistance from the 992nd Treadway Bridge Co., opened fire on the far shore troops.
	www.82ndengineers.org /history.htm (4468 words)

	French Holiday Cottage
		The Dathee lake on the outskirts of Vire.
		The abbey in Juaye-Mondaye, the churches in Malloue near Vire, and Thaon, in the Bessin area.
		The medieval festival in Bayeux, the "Virevoltes" Festival in Vire, the "Hivernales" in Falaise, the "Summer Nights" in Caen and the numerous cultural events during the summer season.
	www.french-holiday-cottage.co.uk (1035 words)

	ST-LO: XIX CORPS ATTACKS WEST OF VIRE (7-11 JULY)
		The Division's plan called for a two-pronged assault which entailed crossings of both the Vire River and the canal: the 117th Infantry was to spearhead the crossing of the Vire at 0430, while the 120th Infantry opened its drive across the canal at 1345.
		The road bridge across the Vire at St-Fromond had been only partially destroyed by the enemy artillery and, since it afforded the quickest means of transporting artillery and vehicles across to support the infantry advance, the engineers decided to span the gaps with treadway bridging.
		XIX Corps was left with a much reduced zone west of the Vire: south of le Desert, it became a three-mile-wide strip between the Vire and the small Terrette, tributary of the Taute River.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/100-13/st-lo_2a.htm (15808 words)

	bluecoat
		The River Vire corresponds roughly to the inter-army boundary between the Americans and British.
		The entire map, north of the road from Vire to Vassy, except for those areas marked as woods is "bocage country".
		The river Vire marks the inter-army boundary between the British and American armies.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~wswa/bluecoat.htm (1124 words)

	391History5
		At 2100, CCB was ordered to attack at once in the vicinity of the 30th Infantry Division with the mission of crossing the Vire River at Aire and securing and holding the high ground west of Aire.
		Displacement was delayed because all traffic was routed over one bridge across the Vire River, and this bridge was under constant shelling by German artillery.
		The battalion displaced forward at 0940, and closed in position west of the Vire River in the vicinity of Aire at 1530.
	home.earthlink.net /~3adspearhead/391History5.html (732 words)

	Assault Plan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The estuary at the mouth of the Vire River is marked by extensive shallows, exposed at low tide, and flanked on the east by reefs that extend to Grandcamp.
		The RAF was to conclude the effort against coastal batteries with a concentrated attack between midnight and dawn of D Day; the coastal batteries from the mouth of the Seine to Cherbourg were the target of 1,333 heavy bombers dropping 5,316 tons of bombs.
		Corps plans did not contemplate movement in force beyond the Vire, as it was hoped that the southward advance would compel an early enemy retreat from the area between the Vire and Carentan.
	www.militaryedu.com /Detailed/948.html (7511 words)

	Military History Online - D-Day June 6, 1944
		The immediate objective of the Omaha landings was to secure a beachhead between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river and then to advance southwards towards St. Lo.
		The Corps was also to advance beyond the Aure river and towards the Cerisy Forest area to the south.
		The 716th Infantry Division occupied a 50-mile sector between the Orne River and the Vire Estuary.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/dday/omaha.aspx (2948 words)

	Planet Company of Heroes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I've never had trouble on this map seeing as only like 2 spots are like vire river.
		True, plus Vire river is just laughable when talking about defense.
		Vire is without a doubt the most boring map in the game..
	www.forumplanet.com /planetcompanyofheroes/topic.asp?fid=19917&tid=2015961 (1611 words)

	YouTube - Company of Heroes - Goliath
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		Goliath destroying a bridge in vire river valle...
		Goliath destroying a bridge in vire river valley, taking many casualties with it.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=B_d8wEiEuMY (481 words)

	Page Title
		were to secure four designated exit causeway roads from the landing beach Utah, also to take intact the bridges over the river Vire and its tributary the Douve.
		The final drop zone at the southern most point was a success as far as the accuracy was concerned, but unfortunately the Germans were waiting for them and the two battalions took tremendous casualties.
		Parachute Infantry landed almost intact, and along with the survivors of the first two battalions managed to secure their objective, the lock at La Barquette over the River Douve.
	www.6june44.freeserve.co.uk /page11.html (426 words)

	HyperWar: American Forces in Action: OMAHA Beachhead (6 June-13 June 1944) [Chapter 8]
		In the attack plan for 12 June, the division's main effort was to be made by the 115th Infantry, with the 175th in defensive positions on the west flank of V Corps and the 116th in reserve.
		From 10 to 12 June, the 101st Airborne Division was attempting to capture Carentan and reach the neck of land between the Douve and Vire rivers.
		On 13 June, the enemy forces in the sector between the Vire and the Taute comprised a battlegroup ("Heintz") made up of elements of both the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division and the 352d Division, attached to the 17th SS for operations but under the 352d for administration.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-A-Omaha/USA-A-Omaha-8.html (5693 words)

	HyperWar: St-Lo (7 July--19 July 1944)
		On its right, the 120th Infantry was ordered to attack in a zone west of the highway and flanked by the Terrette River; its 3d Battalion would continue to hold the nose of higher ground near le Désert, and protect that flank until the arrival of the 9th Division late in the day.
		XIX Corps was left with a much reduced zone west of the Vire: south of le Désert, it became a three-mile-wide strip between the Vire and the small Terrette, tributary of the Taute River.
		As for ammunition, the pressure of supply west of the Vire was such that Army refused on 7 July to reinforce LXXXIV Corps by an additional battalion of heavy artillery because this would only further decrease the ammunition available to Corps.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-A-StLo/USA-A-StLo-2.html (16334 words)

	John Theodore King, Major, United States Army
		Approaching Auville, Captain King said he had his men move in a single skirmish line - firing rapidly from the hip - in hopes of making the Germans think he was leading a major force.
		They had to wade across the river because the Germans had blown up the bridge, and Captain King was seriously wounded in both thighs by fire from a machine gun nest.
		Balkoski said, but the river was so wide - 70 to 80 yards - and the approach to the village so open, unlike most of the hedgerowed countryside, that the men were vulnerable.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jtking.htm (772 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront:Bridging Facts
		To start the assault, a river crossing was made with M2 Assault boats, each of which could carry and infantry squad + their equipment.
		However, smaller river crossings are possible, and it is possible to construct a scenario based on small crossings or the completion of the final one or two stands of a large crossing.
		Pergrin cites a battle over the Vire river and Vire-et-Taute canal in Normandy where a 20 foot infantry bridge was placed in 35 minutes while under enemy fire and a single section of treadway was placed in 20 minutes.
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/bridging.shtml (868 words)

	Fact Sheet - The 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII
		In mid-September after the Albert Canal and the Meuse River were crossed, the 30th took objectives near Horbach, Germany and completed plans for the assault on the Siegfried Line.
		Back in Germany, the Roer River was crossed in February and the unit headed for the heart of Germany.
		In March 1945, when the Rhine River was crossed, the 30th was one of the first divisions to break out from the bridgehead and it led the dash encircling the Ruhr and trapping thousands of Germans.
	www.30thinfantry.org /fact_sheet.shtml (1158 words)

	Allied Airborne Assaults on D-Day
		The pathfinders assigned east of the Meredet River adjacent to the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise were the only ones dropped in the correct location.
		They were also to take, intact, the bridges over the river Vire and its tributary, the Douve.
		The final drop of the 101st was its 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment whose objectives were to secure, intact, the bridges over the river Vire and the Douve.
	www.warfarehq.com /articles/wargame_articles/allied_airborne.shtml (2408 words)

	Page Two ScrapBook
		All along the American line from the Vire to the sea the Yanks were smashing at the Germans in a cold drizzle.
		Previously the 30th had crossed the Vire River in a spectacular night move that brought infantry, engineers and artillery together in a closer cc-ordination than was ever thought possible.
		Following a hazardous river crossing and a hand-to-hand battle in the rooms of a fortified castle, Ross's squad, part of E company of the 119th Infantry, attacked the bunker.
	www.indianamilitary.org /30TH/Articles/Scrapbook-02-1945/SB_Page2.htm (3412 words)

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		+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- A -- Andelle river: a tributary of the Seine river, with a northeastern direction.
		-- E -- Eaulne River: northern tributary of the Bethune river.
		-- V -- Varenne river: southern tributary of the Bethune river.
	pages.prodigy.net /chaos-digest/chaos-digest/chaos-digest-v12n01.txt (2348 words)

	isaetterry cyclotouring
		The route crosses a couple of small rivers and is undertaken in bear feet.
		Care should be taken on the route as the window of opportunity of walking to Mt Saint Michel and back again needs to fitted between the ebb and flood tides.
		Lunch was taken under a tree in next to the river Vire.
	homepage.mac.com /isaetterry/pagesprevioustrips/pagenormandy.htm (1636 words)

	omaha1
		The area of operations in Normandy assigned to the Provisional Engineer Special Group extended from the beaches at the mouth of the Vire River, north of Isigny, to the boundary between the First US Army and the Second British Army, just west of Port-en-Bessin, a distance of about 12 miles (from 465906 to 7748881).
		The southern boundary ran from Isigny west to Trevieres and the British sector.
		The land undulated in a series of small valleys and hills, finally descending into the swampy valley of the Aure River, two to four miles inland.
	spearhead1944.com /campaign/omaha1.htm (873 words)

	The guide to the 2v2 Map, Vire River Valley - GameReplays.org
		Most people don't like Vire because they simply don't know how to play it, or what to do when they DO play it, be it the camping war part, or the rushing part.
		The river that runs through this community ws once a place where children and adults alike would fish or wet their feet on a hot summer day, but now it is nothing more than a natural barrier that has led to stalemate after stalemate between the Allied and Axis forces stationed in the area.
		The V1 is also superior to anything on this map, because of the middle of the river, it takes awhile to get across, set one stug or puma at one end and block em, and boom, GG armor force.
	www.gamereplays.org /community/index.php?showtopic=174699&pid=2113883&st=0?entry2113883 (3294 words)

	Lone Sentry: Attack! The Story of the 35th Infantry Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet
		Joseph Giacobello, Mt. Union, Pa., and a small group from Co. F, 137th, crossed the river next day but were given up for lost when the remainder of the battalion was forced to abandon a crossing.
		ARGETS of III Corps strategy were relief of the besieged 101st Airborne surrounded at Bastogne and to crush the threat to the Arlon-Bastogne highway.
		Roads and fields were loaded with mines, causing casualties among engineers bridging the river as well as doughs who crossed the bridges to fight against fiercely defended enemy strongholds.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/35thinfantry/index.html (6141 words)

	Take Our Word For It Issue 44
		His songs were typically bawdy, satirical or topical and the name chansons du Vau de Vire came to be applied to all songs of this nature, especially if performed for an audience.
		Believe it or not, we have been waiting years for someone to ask this question as pal is one of the very few English words which derives from Romany (posh is another).
		This serpent became known as the python ("the rotting one") a name which was later applied to all huge snakes.
	www.takeourword.com /Issue044.html (1587 words)

	Vacation Rentals \| PerfectPlaces.com
		Description: Set in a stunnning location on the river Vire,surround by beautiful gardens, this three bedroom cottage affords beautiful views of the forest across the river.Peace and quiet await you here,yet it is...
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		Description: Set in a stunnning location on the river Vire, surrounded by beautiful gardens, this two bedroom cottage affords beautiful views of the forest across the river.
	www.perfectplaces.com /pp_find.cfm?id=7369 (222 words)

	CHRISTOPHER A LONG - PONT-FARCY Histoire et Caractéristiques
		Perched on a rocky outcrop, above a bridge across the river Vire, Pont-Farcy dominates the end of a series of dramatic gorges in an area renowned for its delightful hills, woodlands, valleys and streams.
		Eiffel chose to cross the dramatic gorges of the river Vire with a spectacular bridge at Souleuvre and the line ran through the town of Vire which was already the principal town in the region.
		Broadly speaking, the river Vire separated the American forces in the west – liberating the Cotentin peninsula, Avranches, Mortain and Brittany – from British and Canadian forces in the east – liberating the region from Caen to Bény Bocage, including Vire itself.
	www.christopherlong.co.uk /pont-farcy/index.html (1732 words)

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