Orders received on the evening of August 23 are, in turn, passed on to the man who was then Colonel de Langlade, at the head of the G.T. "L". battle group bearing the initial of its name.
2nd Armored Division
Battle Group "L"
General Staff (3rd Bureau)
Command Post on August 25, 1944
9:30 a.m.
Operation order n" 1
I. — Mission of the G.T. ' />II. — Decision
A) stronghold of the Sèvres bridge - under the orders of Squadron Leader Minjonnet with his General Staff.
— Means
— Hargous Squadron
— Light tanks of the 12th R.C.A. — USA 102 Cavalry Squadron
— T.C.I. on the right bank of the Seine (plus 3rd company) (temporarily).
— Mission :
1. — Hold the two eastern and western bridgeheads of the Sèvres bridge,
2. — Send reconnaissance frequent meetings in the direction of Versailles. Look for the link.
a) With the American division coming towards Versailles from the northwest,
b) with the Rémy group coming towards Versailles from the southwest.
B) The rest of the G.T. "L" - will move, all forces united forward.
Route of principle:
Pont de Sèvres, Porte de Saint-Cloud, avenue Michel-Ange, avenue Mozart, rue de la Pompe, avenue Victor-Hugo. Objective n" 1:place de l'Etoile. Objective n" 2:place de la Concorde. Device:
1. Subgroup Massu with E.M.
11/R.M.T.
— Bort Squadron
— 1 T.D. Platoon of e R.B.F.M.
— 11e R.M.T.
— Batteries of the 40" R.A.N.A.
2. Reserve:under the orders of the colonel commanding the G.T. "L".
— Advanced command post of the G.T. "L".
— Squadron Section
— 4th R.B.F.M. G.T. "L" under the orders of the Sainte-Marie squadron leader (with the G.T. 40e R.N.A. network) and the Spahis squadron of 2/1 R.M.S.M. for his immediate protection and the protection of the rear of the G.T. "L".
III.—Start of movement:12 o'clock.
IV.—Medical company:will remain under the protection of the Sèvres bridge strongpoint until possibility of installation in the clinics of Auteuil Order 1 to be given by the captain commanding the 3 e C.M. as soon as possible and movement to be made under the protection of the Red Cross.
Colonel de Langlade
Commander of Tactical Group "L" Signed:Langlade
At 12 o'clock precisely, I was driving over the Pont de Sèvres, towards the Porte de Saint-Cloud piloted by my nephew Le Lasseur, with behind me, Lieutenant-Colonel LorrainCruze, dispatched, to my meeting by the F. F.I. , and by whose order the barricades had been removed during the night on the course stopped. I realized much later that this Lorrain-Cruze happened to be, through his marriage, which I did not know at the time, my close relative!
This victorious family return to Paris took on a particular spice .
In Edmont-Vaillant Avenue, where Bort's squadron preceded me, a huge crowd cheers the troops. Demonstrations of enthusiasm break out everywhere with a violence that makes me fear for a moment that I will not be able to clear our way without accidents.
At a certain moment, avenue Mozart, stopped by the immense crowd moving in great various waves like fields of wheat blowing in the wind, I find Massu ashore coming towards me.
I can't help but burst out laughing at the face tormented barred by the hard visor of the helmet, which disappears under the lipstick left on the cheeks by countless women who no doubt swore to kiss the first French people they would meet.
Ubiquitous violence, firearms and ... a lush erotic life that is rarely mentioned by historians. What was sex like in the Wild West? We associate the Wild West with freedom, homelessness and life on the edge. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that his story still raises a lot of controversy