![]() ![]() ![]() îeî re the only outCt on this part of the front except for one caîalry s6uadron spread îery thinly,1 $rote Ser&eant Bob 7ompkins in his diary%. ts complement $as more theatrical than military% /t $as like a traîelin& road sho$ that $ent up and do$n the front lines%1 î 34cial 5istory of the 2-rd 5ead6uarters Special 7 roops 7hey droîe e ast from P aris, leaîin& the 8ity of 9i&ht behind and hurryin& into the inky darkness that soon enîeloped the blacked:out rench roads% 7he conîoy of half:t racks, trucks, and >, the men of the 7$enty:7hird 5ead6uarters Special 7roops had traîeled 2!0 miles and $ere moîin& into position alon& the ?oselle Riîer, near the border bet$een 9uxembour& and 7he $eather $as cold and rainy, presa&in& a $inter that $ould be called the $orst in forty years% 7he $ere understandably ed&y " the lines $ere said to be less than t$o miles to the east, ![]()
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