Phrase l of c

• Information received that Beauman Div already moved to Le Mans area at about 9.0pm 9 / 6 / 40.2 L of C Postal Unit now in forward positions . ..
• The L of C [ line of command ] . . . is over 3000 yards long, 2500 yards of which cannot be covered, and consequently enables the Jap to ambush it just when he likes ".
• Meanwhile, British troops left on French soil west of the river Seine had their own problems, Captain ( later Lieutenant Colonel ) E G Hucker RE, OC 2nd Line of Communications ( L of C ) Postal Unit RE, was among them and kept a private diary ( held in the RE Library ).