Ver battery - "Marefontaine" 
 

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Ver battery - "Marefontaine" 

Located in the middle of the countryside, south of the village of Ver, the Marefontaine battery comprised four Czech 100-mm guns housed in casemates.


       On June 6th 1944, it was severely damaged by salvoes from the cruiser Belfast and its garrison, who had suffered badly, surrendered without a fight to British troops advancing inland.

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