Once the breakout was made British and Canadian troops
advanced just as quickly as anyone else.

According to the last book I read ("Operation Cobra" by Bill Yenne
ISBN:0-7434-5882-6) there really was no "break out" in the north and the
Canucks and British didn't move anywhere near as fast as the US First or Third
Armies. At one point, Third Army was advancing *90 miles* a day. Many of the
reasons the Canuck/Brit advance were slower, you've already mentioned.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"