The guide also said that after the battle, the water in the area was not fit for human consumption for a long time due to contamination from the rotting corpses.

The local children also took up smoking to mask the smell !

An unimaginable situation.[/quote]

More info from the guides at Mont Ormel who were excellent, ours was a very young french girl but she certainly knew her stuff, apparently to add to the above described situation, for weeks after the Germans had withdrawn from the area a huge black cloud hung over the entire area , flies !! feasting on the remains of humans and animals alike.

Paul