Battle of the Ardennes, June 9, 1940

Wednesday, June 5, 1940

Left the Asine canal in the evening and arrived Thursday June 6 in the morning in the woods near Momont.

Sunday, June 9, 1940

At dawn, around 3 a.m., the battle of Aisne-Ardennes began. We were bombarded by the artillery of a Panzer Division. Lots of smoke bombs. The order was given to leave to woods to take up positions on the Avençon road. The location was scouted in advance, but the thick fog of the smoke bombs made it hard for us to get there. We got there anyway and set up near a crossroads, on each side of that strategic point. We made contact at around 6 a.m. and resisted with determination.