NORTH OF MONTELIMAR
The German casualties were set at 11,000 soldiers, two divisions, 2,100 vehicles and 1,500 horses in the battle for Montelimar. A group of American soldiers liberated $23,000 dollars of worthless Francs from destroyed trucks. The entire region was a littered mess of burned and abandoned vehicles, trains, equipment, dead men and dead animals all wrapped in a horrid stench. The battle began August 22 after Task Force Butler reached the area on August 20. To the south, the 3rd Division was about to cross the Durance River following the retreat of the 11th Panzer Division on the 21st, reaching the fight south of Montelimar on August 27.
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