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from the enemy presaged a new type of warfare on the European continent.
This was a war of movement, one which kept the Germans eternally on their
heels, reeling under the impact of blows which they were unable to counter.
No front lines existed in France, only pockets of resistance of variable
strength. In the Cotentin peninsula, gains had been measured in terms of
yards and hedgerows and frightful casualties. But now the 90th
Division laced on its Seven League Boots and strode over the river and over
the hills. On August 10th the 90th Division was instructed to proceed northward, follow the 2nd French Armored Division, and seize a line from Carrouges to Sées, approximately sixty miles away, and due west of Paris. The Division advanced by bounds, meeting nothing of consequence in the way of resistance. Alençon was taken on the 12th and positions across the Sarthe River consolidated on the 13th. Shortly thereafter the 90th was ordered to relieve the 5th Armored Division
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