Editing Skirmish at Neuville

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|conc = Operation Overlord
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|name = Skirmish at Neuville
|conflict = World War II
|date = June 9th, 1944
|place = Neuville, Normandy, France
|result = US Victory
|side1 = United States
|side2 = Nazi Germany
|commanders1 = [[Captain Fred Hamill]]<br/>[[Captain John H. Miller]]
|commanders2 = [[German HQ Commander]]†
|forces1 = About 100 paratroopers, and 8 Rangers
|forces2 = About 100 Whermacht Soldiers
|casual1 = Jonsey, [[Private Adrian Caparzo]], unknown amount of paratroopers.
|casual2 = The commander, one Sniper, 6 other officers
|image = [[File:Skirmish at Neuville.jpg|250px]]
|caption = German Soldiers preparing to fire}}
The '''Skirmish at Neuville''' was a small stand off between Germans and Americans of the [[101st Airborne]] and 2nd Battalion Army Rangers, during June 1944, shortly after {{w|World War Two|D-day}}. 
==History==
After the U.S. Airborne landed in Normandy, some Paratroopers misdropped at Neuville. The town had a lot of German Soldiers, and the men had to hold them off until reinforcements could arrive. The 101st Airborne were commanded by [[Captain Fred Hamill]] and [[Miller's Men]] were commanded by [[Captain John H. Miller]] of the 2nd Rangers.

The skirmish started when Miller and his squad arrived to find a small group of paratroopers were resting near the rubble of a building. After confessing they weren't the group's relief, they arranged for a runner to send a message asking for [[Private James Frederick Ryan|a Private Ryan]]. While suppressing the German gunners, the runner bolted across the open road only to be gunned down. This earned Carparzo's frustration as they kept shooting despite the man being dead. 

They soon made their way around the road instead. They soon found some French citizens whom Carparzo wanted to help. A [[German sniper]] shot [[Private Adrian Caparzo|Caparzo]] through the chest when he was trying to help the French family. This forced the other Americans to take cover while [[Private Daniel Jackson|Jackson]] took position behind some rubble to kill the sniper. Eventually, Jackson managed to kill the sniper by shooting right through his eye, killing him instantly. However, Caparzo still died due to Jackson taking too long to kill the sniper, leaving Carparzo to bleed out.

After that, they soon made it to a small tower of sorts and were resting there and waiting for Captain Hamill to arrive when [[Staff Sergeant Hill]] accidentally knocked a piece of wood against a stone wall that was made for the house where the German HQ was. The two sides shouted, threatening to shoot each other in panic until [[Captain Fred Hamill|Hamill]]'s men machine gunned the Nazis in a surprise attack. [[T-4 Medic Irwin Wade|Wade]] healed the only German survivor, who was wounded.

==American Combatants==
[[Captain John H. Miller]] (Deceased)

[[Sergeant Mike Horvath]] (Deceased)

[[Corporal Timothy E. Upham]]

[[Private Daniel Jackson]] (Deceased)

[[Private Richard Reiben]]

[[Private Stanley Mellish]] (Deceased)

[[T-4 Medic Irwin Wade]] (Deceased)

[[Sergeant Mike Horvath]] (Deceased)

[[Captain Fred Hamill]]

[[Staff Sergeant Hill]]

[[Private Goldman]]

[[Private James Frederick Ryan]]

[[Boyd]]

[[Hastings]]

[[Jimmy T.]]

==German Combatants==
Approximately 8 Wehrmacht Soldiers (including a [[Wolfgang Gottberg|sniper]]).

[[German HQ Commander]]

==Battle Outcome==

Seven Germans were mowed down by [[Captain Fred Hamill|Capt. Hamill]] and his small team of three. [[Private Adrian Caparzo|Pvt. Caparzo]] was gunned down by a sniper, with aforementioned sniper later being dispatched by [[Private Daniel Jackson|Pvt. Jackson]].

A Germam officer died along with his soldiers at their command post. It is unknown if this was the commander or the person on the loud speaker.
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