Regina Rifle Regiment Observation Post Sketch – Carpiquet, July 1944 Defensive Overprint The message needed no explanation

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terrain features

and waterways of Calais used in operational planning

collections

showing German strongpoints

Regina Rifle Regiment Observation Post Sketch – Carpiquet, July 1944 Defensive Overprint The message needed no explanationA soldiers view of the battlefield south of Caen. This hand drawn sketch was created by Private Alfred Sales of the Regina Rifle Regiment on 1 July 1944, while the regiment was dug in along the CaenBayeux highway, overlooking the Carpiquet airfield. Drawn from the vantage point of an observation post, the sketch captures the terrain and tactical layout seen by Canadian infantrymen in the weeks leading up to the Battle of Caen. Unlike official printed