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Coutances Agon-Coutainville (avec le CORE) Les Les lieux lieux les les plus plus importants importants du du récit récit de de Jacques Jacques Braley Braley The The most most important important places places in in Jacques Jacques Braley’s Braley’s narrative narrative Die Die wichtigsten wichtigsten wichtigsten St Stätten St Stätten ätten in Jacqu Jacques Jacqu es es Braleys Braleys Erzählung Erzählung Journal – Diary – Tagebuch Jacques BRALEY 1944 2/45 St-Lô Condé/Vire Troisgots Percy Le Chefresne et Margueray
A day of celebrations: Dad’s birthday. We invite the Sens family round to our house. The weather is very nice. We make plans for the holidays. Dad goes 130 km by bike (from St-Lô to Caen and back) and does his best to get back by the evening, fearing something bad is about to happen. At around midnight we are woken by lots of planes flying overhead; shots are fired by the antiaircraft defence which bring down two planes. A flare is launched in the St-Lô area. We go outside, ready to flee; but no bombs fall so we go back inside the house. Dimanche Dimanche 4 4 juin juin 1944 1944 Jour de fête : anniversaire de Papa. La famille Sens est invitée chez nous. Le temps est très beau. Nous faisons des projets de vacances. Lundi Lundi Lundi 55 5 Papa parcourt 130 km à vélo (St-Lô-Caen, aller et retour) et s’efforce de rentrer le soir, pressentant l’approche de graves évènements. Vers minuit, réveil par d’importants passages d’avions ; tirs actifs de la DCA qui abat 2 avions. Une fusée éclairante est lancée aux environs de St-Lô. Nous sortons dehors, prêts à fuir ; aucune bombe n’étant jetée, nous regagnons la maison. Festtag: Geburtstag von Papa. Die Familie Sens ist eingeladen bei uns. Das Wetter ist sehr schön. Wir machen Ferienprojekte. Papa fährt 130 km mit dem Fahrrad (St-Lô-Caen, hin und zurück) und versucht, zurück zu sein am Abend, das Herannahen schwerer Ereignisse ahnend. Gegen Mitternacht Erwachen wegen bedeutender Flugzeugüberflüge. Schießaktivitäten der Luftabwehr (FLAK), die 2 Flugzeuge abschießt. Eine Lichtrakete wird abgeworfen in der Umgebung von St-Lô. Wir gehen hinaus, bereit zu fliehen; keine Bombe war abgeworfen, wir gehen ins Haus zurück. Journal – Diary – Tagebuch Jacques BRALEY 1944 3/45
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Page 19 and 20: At around 1am, a bomb is dropped by
Page 21 and 22: Violent cannon fire at dawn in the
Page 23 and 24: The funeral takes place at quarter
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Page 27 and 28: Several men Dad meets assure us tha
Page 29 and 30: Here we are in Le Chefresne after a
Page 31 and 32: We go to help with hay-making. Ther
Page 33 and 34: The machine gun soon starts firing
Page 35 and 36: At around 6 o’clock, there is fin
Page 37 and 38: Quite a calm night. Dad has been ki
Page 39 and 40: Quite a quiet night. The German pla
Page 41 and 42: Another letter from Dad. He isn’t
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