all of Maiziers was in the hands of the Union men and patrols had reconnoitered the cemetery where
concrete mortar emplacements were found. The lid was again clamped on the ammunition.
31 October the 95th Infantry Division began moving in, to relieve the 90th; the 920th F.A.
Battalion taking over in our sector. Orders were that the 90th Division was going back for training, this
after five months of practically steady combat. The move turned out to be only the setting of the stage
for, in the words of the army commander, “the greatest feat of World War II”.
1 November, the battalion moved to Mercy Le Haut and for the first time since the beach, the
covers were left on the guns. All of the battalion was clear of the old position except liaison. FO
parties, Captain Ford, and Sgt. Davidson who remained behind to orient the 920th on the situation and
turn firing charts over to them.
The period, 1 November to 6 November, was spent in care of material and ordnance inspections.
The Battalion CP was set up in the house of the last President of France, Albert Lebrun. Some of the
men were quartered in his old schoolhouse.
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