"ils ne passerine pas" - 'they shall not pass'

14th December 1943: A company of French Canadians are nearly wiped out - but they still seize their objective and then defend it against counter-attack

The town of Orsogna. When our forward elements reached this town, the Germans counterattacked strongly and threw them out. Our troops attacked again, and found that the Germans had dug in a Mk IV Special tank and a flamethrower in the square in the centre of the town. This position was strongly covered by machine guns in the houses around