Compagnie de Briec Memorial

In this place on August 8, 1944 for the liberation of Quimper, the first metropolitan prefecture to be totally liberated by the FFI and FTP, combatants, resistance fighters from the compagnie de Briec fell dead for France during violent fighting against the German occupiers.

On August 7, 1944, Compagnie FFIde Briec, or 6th FFI company, from the Vengeance movement, led by Pierre Le Gars, who had 260 men, after receiving weapons by parachute near the hamlet of Stang Vras in Langolen on August 3, 1944: Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Bourrières, known as "Berthaud", FFI departmental military commander, in agreement with his deputies, then decided to liberate Quimper; on August 4, 1944, a column formed by the 5th FFI company entered Quimper at around 7 p.m. via the Eau Blanche district, and marched through the city's abundantly paved streets ; After a skirmish with a German armored vehicle, the 5th FFI company took refuge for the night on Mont Frugy and at Creac'h Maria, and the Germans regained control of the town.

On August 5, 6 and 7, 1944, the 5th, 6th and 7th FFI companies partially surrounded Quimper. The 6th FFI company positioned itself on the northern outskirts of Quimper, around Tréqueffelec, Kermahonnet, au Loch and Gourvily. On August 5, 1944, a skirmish occurred at Gourvily between a German column of cars and the Briec company, resulting in the death of four Resistance fighters: Michel Capitaine, Corentin Guyader, François Le Goff and Yves Le Scao (another had already been killed the day before, on August 4, 1944: Henri Lennez). In retaliation, the Germans set fire to a farm in Gourvily and kill five members of the family Le Jeune.

On August 8, 1944, a reconnaissance patrol led by Lieutenant Jean Kernaléguen, second-in-command to commandant Le Gars, headed for the town and encountered a convoy of German trucks in Place de Brest: Jean Kernaléguen was killed and his two comrades taken hostage. This German convoy, consisting of a dozen trucks and around 250 men, heading for Brest, is attacked at Tréqueffelec by Resistance fighters at around 12:15 p.m.; fighting rages; around 2 p.m. the Resistance fighters receive reinforcement from the 5th FFI company, led by Gabriel Nicolas. The Germans stopped fighting at around 6 p.m., abandoning the dead (some 50 of them are thought to have perished), wounded and burnt-out trucks to take refuge on the Crozon peninsula. The resistance fighters counted seven dead among their ranks (Ernest Delettre, Corentin Guéguen, Corentin Quiniou, Pierre Tarridec, all four from Edern, François Jacq, Théophile Pichot, both from Briec, to which we must add Jean Kernaléguen mentioned above) and five wounded; the town of Quimper is liberated following this battle of Tréqueffelec

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In this place on August 8, 1944 for the liberation of Quimper, the first metropolitan prefecture to be totally liberated by the FFI and FTP, combatants, resistance fighters from the compagnie de Briec fell dead for France during violent fighting against the German occupiers.On August 7, 1944, Compagnie FFIde Briec, or 6th FFI company, from the Vengeance movement, led by Pierre Le Gars, who had 260 men, after receiving weapons by parachute near the hamlet of Stang Vras in Langolen on August 3, 1944: Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Bourrières, known as Berthaud, FFI departmental military commander, in agreement with his deputies, then decided to liberate Quimper; on August 4, 1944, a column formed by the 5th FFI company entered Quimper at around 7 p.m. via the Eau Blanche district, and marched through the city's abundantly paved streets ; After a skirmish with a German armored vehicle, the 5th FFI company took refuge for the night on Mont Frugy and at Creac'h Maria, and the Germans regained control of the town.On August 5, 6 and 7, 1944, the 5th, 6th and 7th FFI companies partially surrounded Quimper. The 6th FFI company positioned itself on the northern outskirts of Quimper, around Tréqueffelec, Kermahonnet, au Loch and Gourvily. On August 5, 1944, a skirmish occurred at Gourvily between a German column of cars and the Briec company, resulting in the death of four Resistance fighters: Michel Capitaine, Corentin Guyader, François Le Goff and Yves Le Scao (another had already been killed the day before, on August 4, 1944: Henri Lennez). In retaliation, the Germans set fire to a farm in Gourvily and kill five members of the family Le Jeune.On August 8, 1944, a reconnaissance patrol led by Lieutenant Jean Kernaléguen, second-in-command to commandant Le Gars, headed for the town and encountered a convoy of German trucks in Place de Brest: Jean Kernaléguen was killed and his two comrades taken hostage. This German convoy, consisting of a dozen trucks and around 250 men, heading for Brest, is attacked at Tréqueffelec by Resistance fighters at around 12:15 p.m.; fighting rages; around 2 p.m. the Resistance fighters receive reinforcement from the 5th FFI company, led by Gabriel Nicolas. The Germans stopped fighting at around 6 p.m., abandoning the dead (some 50 of them are thought to have perished), wounded and burnt-out trucks to take refuge on the Crozon peninsula. The resistance fighters counted seven dead among their ranks (Ernest Delettre, Corentin Guéguen, Corentin Quiniou, Pierre Tarridec, all four from Edern, François Jacq, Théophile Pichot, both from Briec, to which we must add Jean Kernaléguen mentioned above) and five wounded; the town of Quimper is liberated following this battle of TréqueffelecSource Wikipedia