Scenario Overview

This battle is often referred to as the Battle of Sourdevalle although the British maps of the time mistakenly had the village of La Fauvelliere labelled as Sourdevalle, just north of the hamlet of Pavee. It‟s taken me a while to piece together what happened on the 6th August at Pavee as the fighting was so intense few records of any detail were made. All I have is the verbal account given to me by my Gran‟s brother-in-law, my „Uncle Evan‟, also known as Private Evan „Eddy ‟ Rees, equipment repairer, battalion HQ, 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment, 11th Armoured Division. Evan went from Normandy to Lubeck with the 3rd Mons. Of all their battles, he said, this was their worst