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OampaignCampaignCampa-Campaig- , duringignednduring the period 15 - 26 December 1944 ., In order to .stabestabestab-tab.tab.tab-. .tab- "-¬ lishlush11sh continuityoontinuity of thought betwenbetw.enbetween. this operation and thos-thosethose-horse- whichwhipev hick proceeded it , and therefore made it possiblepOl81ble , 8a briefbrie-br18tbriefr-br18tr- choc " festesumeresume of01' thethofchothou major AlAlliedAl110d1cd1.cd. SoundSloundSl"oundground actionsaotionsabortions in FinanceFRANCSFnANCEFRANCE , betweenbetween- Q L)1 ombinodcombinedcvt1blnodeombinconbinod )L1IsrltishDisrelish1 talltlflh , CanCanadianGarlauianGarlandingadiad.iAudi. an and Amar1cAmericanan foreforcesforgoforofJsss createdclt1atodcl't1atod' th-ththethe-to-tho- ememuehmuohmuchmouthuch desireddo aired second front by invading NORMAHDYNORMANDY . Slowly butbut-bru- BurlysurelysquelyBurely they expanded beachheadbeaohhead.and up re8ervesreservesreserve-reserves- ., their built ' ' . . ' ', ' ' " " . ' ( - ! s . rt. 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Wearweryweary .' , rheTheseths attackattacks Werwere part ol01OJ thlltiibhalltipith': ifirst1r8t phasephas9chase of an three phasepae-phase- ' plan ol'aatedcollated by Supreme HeadquartH.eadquartHeadquarterHeadquarters. 1'a ., . & createdolaated , 1a 'l'his pha&ea malady.. . This pha ...... first phasephage called- lla ' - . " ' 'hislhis first'irst haphae call-naladcallednala.d: edfor the clearanceolearanoe of GermanG9 an forces from areas west of the RH-RHINERHINE- INERIVER ., It was to bebfl furiousfollowedfollowudfuilowud by phase two whichwhlshwhishwh.lsh., included crossorosscros-oross-cross-cross.--.¬ Kingg rRUIME1IHE ings the FineRIMEFfIINE and deployment of AlllAlliedd forcesForeeaForebear111oroea on011 ththJthenthth'J'® Oesteaste&st& st bartbarkbarJtavi-baiA-baiA.-. . 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' ' . - - . . -. .,. . . .- - - - hM'h'M' ' . ., (18)( ) thentheatergoercare , remained_ a .actuation. 10 eoadSt1oaeoadS.t1oaseoadS.t1oaiJ-omit& to tip-tipstips- .4edd t thereforetheJterol'etheJteroleof: ra1nec1renamed in staticatatio on&itioaoMition t - I Fiji It iJI-iJIalla- 18 bonitoonitioaion . f- 4 iJIvFijiI ' ' ' . .v westalloff. thefte ..., engagedongegedcongeed . . unify1Ud .., siest.ifflliffZiffIt.It of ttMthft r1river "818in818818-- in leoaSloaleo.aSloal'eo.aS'loareorganisationreorganization' .. .' of 1ittitsitft1\1\ .unifsotsnift-unif-' Th11Thai . . vaawas. .. , . bloody1 .warwar-var- ThisierThi reolsan1tlonreolsan1.tlonreol'san1.tlonrorganisationreorganisationr.organisationreorganization' . tIeaatI.e essentialn1al..n1al.n'1al'leasbeaubeatsbeoauebeoatsc.. ifetof 'he'hethe 'blood dw-fa-. ofotarfro attritionatt11t1oDatt1'1t1oD in1n whichwhioh the 0OvaCowsOovpa..,. Whadbait BPIeBPIengaged" hto hi.hi.eiderashierehiereashiveashi.ve".,_ itsits-dis-itit-in- . reeDpreeDpre.eDpresentpersanttranetpreaent. '' poisonpoiSoapo.iSoapo.i'Soapoaitionposition. ' . (19)-(11-1119(19)(11)( ) ' pa ' AND ' CALCTTLATgA 'l' ) Hijack Yn)nVk..k'IX. ooOWWARM 8IfilefilWIUAIQIUA'IQ! 'lW'RAP'RAPW TBCTB CALCt1LATCalcuttaA l D RITRITASha-HiaKHiaK- OeoembQp_® Moorpark oCoupiedoCaupA of-fa-ot-w- koOn 1516 DecbelDecibelDessertDeassber' 1944 the VIII QorpsCorpsOorpa001p8001'p8 capoccupieded aR runtfrontrront.runt otofT- aboutdeoutalbotRhoutorkout a888 rnilcrunicm110milramillraces on FirstP5r0tP1retP5.r0t. ArytArtyAt11fYAt'11fYAnnysAnny'sAnnoys' tightright!yi ht . (20)fI'he(20)2u(2u( ) ThefIhefI'hefiche sealectorB otormotor.tortore exex-c-fc-x-f-- ' is ' 20 ' x Harold O1fMANGEHMANYGERMANYGE.HMANYO ;.HMAMHYMAN. knownlmOVD1 no&© thouthjo OOJmFaCiniTRE3C1TWFE KellyKlyBLIFBLL along-elong- ttendedondoondodcondoddodndod frfrom: . 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' ablements. . . . 1'1&1 . 0oaaea.. .. frontage .. . extend- .-¬ elntselfel.ntrelentlementselementserlunareleuenta. to the1their '111rear& In azaleaoases. whewh.ewhenwhere frontagfrontagefrontageafrontages arare extendextend- ed.4.4 ml11militarytU7 manualmanuals. unalllusually' recommendreaommend a thrillthinllthinly heldhold line11ne backbaokbookbaok-back-bak- -¬ ed up by .a CitronItrongstrong mobile rrvearriver.rvereserve... . On the VIII GOPCorpGorpfCorps. frontfront- . to- letneitherbenchernet therether of the aboveabovo teachings a.a.was or couldoouldGould be adheredadhlred to *. TheTe paucitypauoity ofor ttrooptroopatroopsopoop . and the length of the trotfronttront precl-precludedpreoludedpreoluded-precluded- udedcompleteoomplete adoption of either method ofot deplormentdeployment ., InteedDintedIn.teedInateadInstead. aa-s- eriesseriesaeries of strong points was manned . TheaThecaThese. .ere.erewere not and coul-oouldcouldoould-could-Gould notdn'tn't bbe hackedbackedbackod up by adequate reserves . (dapsGapsGspsdampsGasps existedex1dtod betwe-betweenbetween- enthe trogonstandpointsatrongpolntastrongpointsstrongpo1nt8 , which , in thethothou event ofasofaof a heavy attackattaok , wo-wouldwond-would- uldermentpormltpermitpopmit enemy tOforcesC98 to flow through thethathan line ., 1Isolateoletecolleted the mannedmanne- positionapositionsdpositionspositionaldpositiona , and unravelav81 the front linellne . The Corps front lac-lackedlacked- keddepth and elasticityelastioity.,_ The VIII OopsCorpsOorps in mid December 1944 was the victimviotim of aa- calculatedngulatedcnloulatedonloulatedconglobatedciculatecnlculated risk . In order to mount attacks in other sectionssectio-sections- ofns the front , suchsuohsough aas. the ROEROER RIVER damsdome attackattaok , and th-thethe- ? . ? , . " . . < . stlC . .tfBOk onoroy.m.y ' . . . . 1l1o.ng . A'ntIY .t.taQk. tfBOk . .fQ Qn m.y of- . # e . 1l1ongg . AntIY t.taQk . . es ftlMg- . Amy o-pfjToraea . . Jlh1r fQ my. .f.t'arQf . . . w Comoro tlC . scabacneduledacneduledJlh1rsqneduied. . used. 1hiid:_ . AntI .attackttaQk offtarQff.tarQf.or: elsewhereewerewbere flig- ankedscacandled'" tack . far tlheltEtheltl.helttl.hel't' . , . ., . - - . < ) :_ * hardtop. bo- afforestedod. % (9(9 11111'1'11Th P. wwevmeew . .sixty, tubatbJa .. thhtftht lUolOulinolimo hadtohadhad- to biotic-botic.tebosffoetodbob sffoetodfociffoctitertictetic.te) . . 9(9:'' re'' wemeek. only 1Xisixty.1Xiixty thre-threethree- Alliedadlike d1divisionsvi1ollsvi.1olls. available in1n the EuropeanBuropean 'bub.u'b.uTheatre.. . and he-tbe7theythey- wer.were.re. toedfacedtaoed by .aeventyseventy..'. demittedidentifiedidentltled ErrandQeranOeraanGermanQer&an& d1divisionsdiviaionadivisional11oD1.1oD. . (2(87)(27)( ) ThereThere-There--. e-f- - re nr.n'r.nr Oran ' 22787' 'h'hfo-The-e foretoretortorere., athrath.rratherFather. banthantban suspendeu8pea4' ottenligottenoffensive.. operationoperations. and wait.waitawait. reinr.tDrein-r.tD-reinf-. *- w tonguinggun < foremoatsfore.moatsore.moatstoforcemeatsorcementsoreamontscementcemontl. ., GeneralOeneral. XisenhowerEisenhower111 . .. decideddeclded togunto :run thsthethis riskriakErik ofor-havravhav-haverav-rave- King & , Olin. . and 111ing& a pOl't1olotportionpOlt1olpOl't1olpOl't1ol\' \ ofot hihis lin11nline thinlyth1D11 h14heldh.14 vulnerable In ord-orderorder- . 111 .. ..eoQlt8.eo'Qlt8 . (88)(28)( i8)) The VIXX Oorp-001'1'8-Oorps001'1'8OorpaMoorpark 'toer0 onoonoon\1oontineoontlrttte\ . 'to0 attack.aUaokaqua" k.k. in tbotbother abettorsectorsaeotoraeoQlt8' 8828i8 'be'be VIVilaVIII Co-00118Oops'' . _dd- rpsessector.10to.10tosectorasector.10to1. .was. 1Meel.1Meel.1M'eelselectedseleeted.. 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Ilk . -...... , , , ...... _ ...... _ ...... - . -. sele-- . . _ ...... _ .. _ . ''------'" - - . - '- --'- - becauseb. .-. - abounded cajole .>. able-. --bcted it with aJaolalmost' 1inextricableImpenetrateinpeMtratableImpevetratabletl.tl'. abl barillabuarillbarriersbuari'l'l-'' beh-behindbeb1ndbehind-beb1nd- I1I1all .. , , bindwhiohwhich smallemail toroforces couldoouldGould holdbold wihwi'hwithwish' .umallmull likelihood of taot'taottarotattack.attac-attacks-' ., . was u 'hTheks. YIIIVIII CorpCorps line11DI ..1. .stretched. acrossaoroaaagora..... 'hithetoo hillyh1117, heaY11rheaY11-heavilyheavily- 'h 1 ''111" " . 'hi hea- .. OOWl'17country ... . BKLOIUNB UMIUM and LVDIIB011ROLUXEMBOURG , vilyfOlte4fOl.te4forestedrfOl.te4' OOWl17' ofot easterntrat.ra.t.ratram MauiKLEINSmAUII! aa4 . The are-areaararea-Arab-.. is11asia generallyglDera1l7 knownmown aas. the MmEIIBSAREMummeriesAKDBXIXBSARDE B PRESSFORESTSPORESS! . It containscontain-contains-conta1na 1g4.. , heavy. & . * , g.. 18-m- rideerizerigdea hevlhe.vlCheval torttortaforeststor.taformat HarpIharpsharp lorlordgorgegorgeagorges ,, a poor road net , and isis-18li-la- . .a , 1nterlpraed1nterlp.raedinterspersedisinterpretedtterateurinteraperaed with,riverrivers . In addition to the nature of te-theTe-the- rrainheranterralnterrain , thethothou a8otorsectoraeofcor waswaewade selected to blbe thinly held beaubeoaubecause.. otofo-of-ot- ttothothetenthou lack otof apparentolJpar9ut strategicatrategioItlateg1oItl'ateg1o' objectiveobjectivesobjootiveoobjeotiveo behindbehlnd it and becau-bloatbecausebloaubecause-beoauae-bequeat-.. sethehed BermanGermaneQermanaQermane WeltWeltewere thin on their sideaide of it ., 8929(89)(29)(29)-(89)-( ) '. The wisdom. ofo . the decision to run the risk of a bre-breakbrea-break-breakt-breaks-- 1.rout1routt1.roukiijpou.1ough.1ough.1'oughh on the VIII Corps has 1.>beenbeer-lee11- a11 subject oF debatedebate- aks' ironirontfront beer ol deba-debat- % , bes- tebvbe: nietcnieceHBOh1storiemehlBtOl.h.lBtOl i8Uincianc since. hoverttHOvornotnotHOthouo or\vorvorvarwayvary\ fllltiancianoCano . will probablyIJrobably continueoontinue to bebe- om ' 80so deoudciSdeoud.ciS. conocondoC0110C01:10: . Anyy'y' blnmebliuneblameblaxneBlaine l tforr deucesdecadesdenudes to coriocorrie bane for tLothetLoix decisiondocision , liif bla-blmeblameblme-blame-bifixa- iomeeic In order , isi81 & clearly .aaaumedassumedamwmed.amwmed by GeneralOoneralGoneralConferral ElsenhowerEisenhower, ., (30)-5030(50)(30)( ) cafe jC ! . . J ® .. caf& .. _ . C . ' .- ., . IT . .11o , ccondole . ' ...... Tla. . cond1 t10Dtioaj&fon JulioVIJX 11o. arpacarpalp thThrace,ae. .a IS rpa , ' _ condlondi . . and talon . . . La Joni tioajf JlII pa . tlthrae. and-aa fractionl'ao tlon divi lao , tiiota VI and . ' div . . 81o.h*. midmini DocembDecDecemberDocemborember 1944 .vaawas. only , *L'he' . sioisilo8i0iu81oh. in aa. orb fairta1ra. ':heihe'iheLheho lUlu6th106thth Infa-InfantryIntentlyIntentryIn.tentryInfantry-In.t'entryIn.t'entry-Xnfcntry-' ntryDIvisionDivisionDivialon and Combat CoedCanaanCamCoacnandCamm A ofot the 9th Armoredor d DivisionDivis10n wher-werewere- inein good shape although the lO106thMonthth wawas a GreenMMgreenM\ne4n9\, grengre.ngreen. , untried nit-unItunit-unIt-ni- ' . '. . , . . . . . , . ., , . whiObwh1whichc h hA . JURJuanJ.URJOUR . . rA vedv'edYvend. 111 5BAHCLBAllGXc"R5'BAHCL5'BAHCL-. . t111.t111. ( ) T Q. . _ . DavyJ IUv.i--..- . witwhotric ivhad Justjua t rrrrJ.rrJUarrived" in OLO.LBallR" . Al bIb.Ih W> atvy' N1N.1.N.1In-all-alon-IUv.i-. . .* ' ' ' I- - - alonTBTdalon'TBTdono-n'n HURTHURTUHtJRTUBHHDKTUJEN 4 4OH4'OH41th8T 'uitUviUv.iottedTBTd'TBTd' !i partitionedpartioipnfedpartlc1patedparticipated in the bloody '}folksfOKKS8 tightfight and in-1n-in1n terthe middle of .o-.bovanbarovenbirdlovemberNovember. . .. l1944 hMH.11hMhadhM\ H11beenH.11. shiftedab1ttK to the entercenteroentero of-ofot .oo.b.- \ . .b ( ) tenthothou CorpsCorp . than . and .. ... 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IIts'. hoedhODfront' extD4e4extendedext.D4e4e.xt.D4e4. . tItfrom ha-thatthat- 111 . , by toytop ( tpinpoint in an east. b7 north directiondizaeot1oa to about fourtour ailesaUmilesaisles.. . .Be-Bee-e. MM PD ) ZtaZeta. . IUppsupportDippy . . A-AZ ¬ !ALAJALDAL.Den!) . ItIts ar11117ar111.17artilleryar'111.1'7' upportt oonI1t4oonI1t.4consistedoonI1.t.4 of the SethSeith229th PiedP114PieldFieldP1.14. !IArA- - ( . . , (65)(66)(156)) . b-s- tillert1118Jt1118'JtilleryrtilleryZtillery! BttalionB.ttalionBattalion attaobdattaob.dattachedcatacomb' . 6566156 'he'heThe regiment had two etof itsltit'sit's-StS.t ' . on . wi thou on- battalionattalion' the 11nline withth the litlet1st on the leftlertalert enand thetho 3d M-on _ ; ) theonte right, while the ad2d Battalion waswaaWada in '188ne1'88nereserve . ( hGf ) (G ) The 110th Infantry Regiment coveredCOY81e4CO'Y81'e4' ' the centecenter'] of the ai-di-deliani-dlvidlvi-dlY1dlY-divi--dlY1-divi- - , 11nsion111nscionvvionaion) area .* It extended fortortore tifteenfifteen }nilesilea11elJ along the estastEast® st ban-bank-bank koffk thethAchefthanfchft VROVROUR RIVER ., 5737(57)(37)( ) The raimentrsaimontreaiinenfcraglmentfragmentpreeminence had only two of its thre-threethree-thrthru e- ' < t: : 00be ntftiionsnotationsi* aiioai3tal10ns; 'withWi'Wi th'ihichth '\ihichthichthick'ihichwhich\'ihich to covelcovecover' thisthi2 extensiveaxtolls1 va frontage ., 1hethe-'the-IjileJailedIjile-:1he- 2d coattailoaLtallonDajDatfcRliontaiion.taiionstation. waawasWada in3n divisiond1vls1on; roservereserve ., 5838(58)(38)( ) hereto1hereorerheretore'rheretoreTherefore' ! , te-thethe- , .. 1city two 'atimeraiment1 iimenlimpel used itizitiityta too remaining battalionbattalionsbattaliona to man a seri-seriesseries-s8r1ess8r1es-aeri-aeries- ofes strstr-stargRodrigostrgpolntssturgeonsirorigpointesbrongpointa- gpolntspolentas , of companyoompany fiatsitefiiaeS1Z8 and lossIQS1988IQBS , 'backbaokbook'baok from the wet-weatwestweat-west-sweatswea- backbanktband of the 0IROUR( nIlIVERhIV1RnIVll\IVERDIVER\ , with outpostsoutpoats on the OTOOUROTTO during daylightdaqllght; , _ . . . . tattle ...... ' " J.2 ? - #...... ? . . . afc hfcuhf . b.e & & "wswa-w . . _ &ttaii&yx . J2p.fiJyPJ--a.tP-,- . ac 1 . & . .and ppfiJyPJa.tPp.fiJyPJa.tPthe. . J . . w.w.t.tl- .the.tergiversater11e.rjiVAr.r1.1e.r gbtgb.t . The.be Bestabilitytotal wwa- lit-im- p.w.atoppfiJyPJp.fiJyPJl.l. J ttl thetheriverattheriver.atthe.river.at.jiver11er.::. at ninl.bat ' tat1stt BatsBattsliattaiiyxttalt.tali:f1 wa*." (;ft a.tP ' atPthgthanthouthug ? d vaawas on rigorist con- ¬ thehe left and thathol3ddadadvaaaawu\\vaa the rightrigirit . ArtilleryArrtillezytl11ertl11er-y- ''up'portupportsupport concon-'.- a Led& and y , ssedseedsitedsistedss&edei! of the l09th109th 687th FieldF1eld Artillery battalion & . The 8 . OPO was. GLiGlibGLCL NAUXRvAUX ., (59)(69)(39)( ) ( jSeeMap DD- ) ttachedattached&ttached reftimentalregimentalmntalm.ntalmental .. at VAXAUX 596939 seembee _ ,. . . " 'i ' nta-R- ' ' ...... ' " ' .- epute ta-t'tai-ttai- PateilTieil'Tiekiltie oxidant ryaRegime- ieg1Dientieg1Dien't ; twowoo ; on Pte?0 !Ib9r59th9tiitr. t'antrytantrypantryixifantixifInfantryant ry egimentRegiment , with bt'taiibbattalionsbattaJions;' th-thehe-the- elineIjmlinee, 'covered theIreminderremainder' ofor theth8 divisiondlvia10n front , to T-thethe- . . was . reserve. at- heosouth * ItIts let1st18t Battalion .1.1. in rgimentalr.gimentalregimental relyrelryerel.rye at DESIREDIEKIRCEDIEKIRORDIEKIRGH . The reg1llatalregimental orOP a.a.was. at ExtollerSETTLERETlLEBRUOXET'lLEBRUOXETTLEBRUCKETTLFBRUCS . 60(60)( ) The 242d24-2d-mi-fid- andenddland 3d BattalionBattalions. 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'r.Arr.A-rare. . . w. . . rArra- . . L - . I . ., M . J ._ . ' . . , . ynwyn.w_ryn.w. . . . " + . .. _._ - - r .. 6' . " ra/P1// / irNA- nwyon "'A. 4 MmerMme.rEmmer _ .,. l miasma.MiasM ' raP1irraP1 inc---JJ011-011---. - 'A - ias.Mbias.MiasMidas.M-ias- LJirJ 011011w . M I " RRATIONNARRATIO-NARRATION-ARRATIOHNARRATIONARRATIOH- arnationNarrati- ...... _ . . . . - w MI . - N . . " - - . . .a - , . . . . - ...... - , . " - , . / ...... -. . . ,'. . . - - - - . , . . > ' - ...... & . ' ,j'i- . . . . Jr . . ' .. . " . " .) j'iej'ii- e8.aa. aat li11tt4XWC-AJZ'GUI&TXWCAJZ'GUI&T-. J L , A . ' ! ji' 8aa at XWCAJZGUITAZURITEAJZ'GUI&T4Uu4U.u. . onThe weather on 1516 DecemberDeoember was oldooldcold and damp . He-HeavyHeavy- avycloudsclouda hunghUD6hun low over the EarthinessARLThNNESRObARObRhN f S *. FOIFogFOIL and mist permeated thethe-thre-th- . . . , ' , . . ' . . ' ' ' . ' ' " . ' . , .at. ..atft.to. . &.pteftpe. . duduyindying &: Mbrlt'Sngfirming: ri ! s Th atateftfttoPP=QpbPQpb.PQ.pb.Ptheftsphere dulldurlrlg.durlrlgin '81118:1"1'1wart:arlyearly"' MbrltSngMortisingftiornin and evcn1iioursevcn1i'iourseveningvenlnven'lnvenn hours . This waswa- characteristicoharacteristiosoharacteristioscharacteristic of the area sndandsand the Eaton8easonseasonyeaBon ndand was due to concon--¬ tinuet1nuetine 8eas such until 23 DecemberDecembor when a octanectianbecbanb8change brout7ltbrout.7ltbrought. clearcleri-clear- siesskies *. StowSnow covered thethothou groundround . On the 15th of December the 28th Infantry Division onconoonoon-con--¬ ducted itsitaKita routine duties aloealonalOI1talone ; the quiet ARDENNLSARDENNESMardiAHDtARDliHDTV} N KSKLShS front . ItI-It- patrolledmperiledptitlo11edptitl.o11ed. it trained and it wfitchewitchedwatchedwf.itche. . One factor had been no-notednoted- tedwhichwlllch,mit1truihtbruitmit)1trairaid )ht bfbebo} termedtelmfldtenfoldtel'mfld' unusual . On thetbetube preceodinprecedingproceedingpreceedlng, nightni hfcuhf soun-soundssounds- ofds Bennyenertyencnyemeryenemy vehicular Novembersmovementsrnovements1iiOVements1i'iOVements' hdh.dhedhe.dheed.&. d increaseincreaseuincroasedincreasedincroasou. ., 67(67)( a7a7)) butilutdilute no ne-oneone- ' was . . rhea & : ws unduly alarmedala.rmed rhe'rheThe createsfcreatestgreatest German countaroffenslcounteroffensivecounfceroffensivova rab-abbinitrabbinicf1blnf3tabbinitc-f1b&lnf3tf1b&lnf3t-a ana-inato- Qomb1nsd ' ' fiche ,;; - wy . "- ""-b- h-Am'ON'Cf.L11 . . , . ? , ombinadQomb1nsdlblcombinadcombinedtomizedombinod -,yibishAmONCfL11hAmONCf.L11Am'ON'Cf.L11-Awsriwn. ItnUIt.nU'It.nU. fch .. . "Tatterf4Pf4;crP-.,_ ZiffrnniffH.lEiffeliff-H.l- nb&buiit& ta-t.O binic lblbl:-lblibis Asian.' wmftc'It.nUJ'It.nUofSitu J of tottbofttb.oftont ro TttrPSpiffPiffH.liffHlrnH.l. buiitbruitlt''lt ta"-tatO bee lunchedbunchedlaunchedlounched and no one of the Allied side aocumedseemedchummedmedcmed to knowmowI-mow- it1r-it-t ., itornelliIntcllienceIntolliInstallIntelligenceenc officersoffioorsh' , as far to thele ronronrroar 08ast s Supreme Ileadl.eadquarHeadquarl.eadquar-l.eadqua-Headquar-Headqua-Headquarter. -¬ rtorsrtersrtarstearstorso , were concerning . ,; terstarstors complacentlycomplaoently optimisticopt1m1stic concerticoncerninconcerntni.JenemyconcerntniJconcerntni.Jconcerning., enemy ccpabiliccpnbl11t1aacceptabilityccpaMlitie-ccpaMlitiej(-tie . ., { . ( ) ± ., } -o---- (5a flowHow , JCLYjL . . . } -. - 08)j0858) suchBuchBurch a _oouldcouldGould occurMcClure . 1n1.nn v.1f\w.of. wordw.or. 1 [ - :or-tor- - . ;1 or 5a58 situation. . oo1 occur. . Xiew.ov1fw.ofX.iew.owor --el{ . . . . Xiewo -.ellecra-t . Cclr , " . f.ellecrat " . ' . - . .ellecrat - ! ! v1fwofv.1fw.ofwoof\ 1elffeelerellecraElectra.ellecraeleloeelope por , ' ' , : or ytiantiyeti n fand devalue & orniHorir )" lazulinlzutlonni ati involved iin gooiestooiiectinbcolleot11bcollecting% undand evaluevaluatingtnttlnt) intelliericelntelllLenceintelligen-lntelllLence-intellierice-intelligence-, ince hethe Allied militarym1litary machinemaohine , is1e not readily understandableunderstan-understandable-understandable.-. Obviouslydable , air reconnaissancereconnoissancereconnai8sanoe had alsoal80 tailedfailed , despite Alli-AlliedAllied- ._ Ac edair superiorityluperiority * AIAs .a result , the 28th Division unsuspectingunsulpectingunsulpecting-unsuspecting-t-¬ ly1y manned its1ts line on 1516 DecemberDeoember and enjoyedenjo1ed its rest in th-thehe-the- emQuietestQuietquiets'quietssector'quietsMquietsectorMquietMquiet-' aviestquiet"- sector . THETHKTKO FIRST DAYDAY-Day- THkFIRSTDA, : Atton 06500630 . on Dissembler " hourhours 1616 DecemberDeoemberDioember 1944 the German artillearticleartillery" mr-xDW6 } 1SA-1Srrrnrr"nr- : . pp-r . I1i ( ) 93.- (68) - " ' A-X p . . A, -93 . : 86-95 , . " a6 . 86i93 . . ' ' _ . A-l , . aid . ' . " AI . ' . '..- :; . ;.. ; . . . . . : ' . . < . .. .l-O 68 , . ; ; ' > , ' ; . , , .lO ' mr' : < X ' . . ' " A . . artillerymrxD, . . - ' . : . v.- . " .. " " ' : - ' ; . " . . . " . . ,. . . . . : -' - , xD ; r.- . . ' ' _ . . " : " . . . : 8695: - ...... , .. ; ,' ...... : O . . . r , . . ' " , " v . . , " . : . . . - . . : : _ ' " ' artillerywi - . ' y.- - . , . .. _ . _ . ' . . . _ . . .l : . . ,. - : - - ...... 86i93.wllna1.1 . . . . . -. : _ . . . , " ' . . , , . ---.y-- . - . . _ . . - . . . . _ . . : . . . , . . . . . y'U . . - ...... " . . . , ...... , "'"' ' .. artillery" . . 'U - U& artilleryl . . . . I . , . . , . . . _ ...... " ...... l ...... - . . \.I : - . -- \.I " . .y ' . . 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The artilleryart111ery continuedoontinued untilW1tl1 afterafter- 07300750 hours and at that time the OermansGermansOerman8Normans launchedlaunohed their attac-attack . . . . . , - . ".-. ., , . . .- L ' . ' w.w. ... . " . - . .-. &U& Q2 . - . -.3 4 e B&. W-W Tv .{' -Qt-L- -o-®- ..tfr r-lW.4- I-h-t* ' ' ' &U------&U---&k&UU "J"4-2 kBW TattleTQtLQt-To.QtLoo.tf-omotifoMo-M '.tfl.tf lWl4-l ' - posi- - UInstantIntantrJnfantryInfantry wasJ42hit hard .* PenetrationPenetrationsPenetrationa ere.ere.wereLmade into the'to-tio-posipo-posi-positposi--r ionstionssisitnetione ofot both otof itsit .a front line battalions . 7470(70)(74)(') The penepene-pen-penceopen- -¬ eretr . 18 area , on regimental , . be . etration . the the Hattallon . into 1st . . . ' . . . reblmental trattontra.ttonetrationtractionStratton battalion . . " . , left tr let v tration '" . reached the kitchens and company CPsCP'sCPSaCPS' a in :places . The penepen-pene-pence-¬ , etrationtrationtraction was chokedcheckedcheoked and CG CompnyCompanyComp.ny. , lJ3d105d133d Krlblnetir1rnJ n ,ineerinnerineyr ;Ontoznbtombatcombatoznb&tombQt& batDatbat-DaftDat-Ca-Da-BatBa- -¬ ttalotalionttallontalontallonttalion , counterattackedoounterattaoked and restored the MRMLR exceptexoept for on-oneone- ( ) egagap between two rifle companies .* 71(71) nleTheNile penetration intoinst-into- - theate .3d BiathlonBattalionBattHllon nreaarcaareaarecaunread , on latlatlaregimentalthetla-. regimental rightrirl;ht inflic-inflictedinflictedh- tedheavyeavy casualties and.a.nd reached the battalionsbattalion's' roar aaaaraaareaaroaaroma . Berl-1arlyEnrly1arly-Knurli-Enrly-HenryKnrly-: - inInng 'the'thefchefiche afternoon the 2d battalion counterattackedcountorattacked throuhthroughthouthroujthrouj1throuj-i;; thehe-the- adilybadly mauled 3d battalionBnttalion and restored thefchefiche MLMKMRMLRMLKMLH by 1700 hoursHur-hours-. Itst.It benthentben attached one of itsitaKita companiesoompanies to hethe :513d3:35(11.<.1( . BattalionHattalion, toT-to-To- lO-lO.- aqua , o sco 1n , BQ8S., $ e , and regimentalregimental-re imental-iraenfca- corountorbalanceonntorbalflncon.ntorbalflnc.torbaleneeturbulence losses$ 8\lauasustainedtainedstained. ., returned *to the mentalimental . timet- orontocontrail . lealoea 8\ ! iregim- l entalablesreservelreserve positionp08ition . (72)-72(72)( ) The 28th2c3th DivisionsDivision's' entercenteroenter regiment , theilieBillie lobllObh110th waswa,,'asas' In hete-tbehe-the-tbe-tubehem- mostostatmposrmos vulnerable position of all three recrecdre imentamentallment8imenfcaTimken . It was overcoverooveroover-ooverl-cover--¬ I1binglI1bKing 1513 mllemilesmlleRrnl1e8 of front with only two boastfulatttillonabattalionsbatfcullonfi . The heavyChevyheGvy concon-cond-congcong--¬- ' ' ' ' ' ' '-o- ' contractioncentrationogcentration1tra.ti1tr'a.ti. n o'rorof artl11ttry'inartl11ttryin'in the ®earlyarlyearly hourshho'ursursburs°rs 'ofo1 16 DecemberDecemoerDoeDocemoe-eniaerdeniereniae- . 1trati. . , centration. . .artillery. . - " ...... ' - - f' playedrplayed havoc with the reb1mentsregiments wire oommunioationscommunicationsoomrounioatcompanionate ions . ShortlyShortly- thereafterthereatter most trogonstandpointsstrongpointsatrongpolntaatronastron pointsrpoints ere.ere.were under 1ntantrrinfantry and talktLlktacktanktL'lk atat-*- taotaoktack . Other enemy elementselementaelemental infiltrated between strong poin-pointspoints-' tsand reaohedreached 80some.. ofor the arti11er1artillery poaitionspositionspoa1t1one . TheseTheee cer-werewere- ebratebeaten oftoff bJby hand to hand. rlfightingtlll . 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" Aw-MA-MAW - ' - . 4 . .- Whigh ' eighhigh ground GLKVAUXGL&KVAUXCLEHVAUXCI4ERVAUX& , U northeast ofor . Company wasWB8 moved to thethe- . vicinityviclzityviclz.ityv1cinity of the OP: } ( division (;cPI at FlWaltzWlLTZW1LTZWfl TZ ., 7576(75)(76)) ( SeeSe. M1M.1MapM.1).) DU ) Ut-Tw-Wo-Two PanzermanizeroPanzeropiansoPansor , ) DivisionDivisionaDivIsions three InfantryIntantry l>1vlaloneDivisionsjLiviaionjollification and one Parat-ParatroopParatroop- roopDivision hadhud been identitiesidentifiedidentitled on the 28th DivieionDivisionD1v181on dur-dour-".' . front . dour ANNUMAMMUMA . du-dur . ' dur- off WW-e . } . trA-Tr1r- _ - . _f __ _wM . / . dur WW Alta _ . Hr/C tram -- _yr/p/t/ / ". .__.. _Ata lYtJLFN.Fr1MlYtJLFNFr1M._ Hr/ trATr1r- d- - , .., .. - yr _ .A----.rr ...... - - p urbarr.A.rrC- -e - In.gt7IOIn.g-t7IO ( ) - . 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RlC . dove scrofulascrrouad:! troops RCaridand pin dov & ' [ JJlnpin them. downdo n'nn by ellLll111 around atat-att---¬ rangydrangy nd ..flow acktack flow on through.; h thou apaNapa :; throethroeitrollthrol h thentheunlthetho ununl. i 3 brutesbetwetnbetweenbutwetsntweetetwetn thJthenth( encircledenforcedenolrcled lo-tlo-posipo-pos1posi-positpos1-post-t-- tt1oruJlonGions . The 1pattern> 11 ttet-n- of thetLctrLc nbtackbetaketacltalc( .didj-d.ld stnG ttetteat atattack di-dlIdJiddlddid not unfold so earlyearly- . jkb- , .; .+ ' . n. ' \ kb jccrt1ves nc.t v , . dtJJect.1vosdtJJect1vosjhjectlvos-jhjectlvosjhjectlvos anis.Inclnct ., } . . an'iIncl lvengeful o.i. . . aniIncct 'vontfuleventfulntfnlNFL dlrfctilrtCtlonod1rLctlonsnBonB toiletteoiof \ltt/lottocitriclatter: / .e ' : vorcv.orcwere. (; . & . d delftsiltstone ofwereboweredo.ilttlttltt.eittrce vocl not elerclcoreldercolorcicur-ele&rcircui- * 177it 77)7)-) " 1 . ) . *. , . . *. \ . " . ,. L " . . . J . " - Larrikin. . J \ . . . . . J . . . . ' " . ' " . " " lER y . 11 ' ' ' y in h .t17ornbrtt17o.rnbrt.t17o.rnbrtir . nI'8' 1 1j geom ' Ai rniii 'hh nI8ra oltn 17 "eeombmb x "tneTuo © i my rfJ- ' ' ; h " Totnetine:; ri0piy r-rfJrefrfJ-ne-me-rt-n-- newelnewedmewedewed h15 © wed his attackattaok with incraeedincreased vigorv1gorvi or . ThoThuTheoThou buildup r11l6urinEdurinEduringd ; th-thehe-the- ninlnighten had mademndemonde him ightht atronfieratomizerstronger . The attack on the 112th InfanInfan-Infant-¬ trytin the north opened with heavy artillery concentratio-concentrationconcentration-conoentratlonaconcentrationsconcentrations-- ns 060006UOTOGOOGOO statt hours . 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The 2d IanzerPanderI'anzerPanaerPanzer and the 26th b- o ' DivisionsDivialoneD1visionsDivination CroCeroAuld;aroundCro\Uldground away atlitlit-K-at-ba- . ° Uld thheaththe. va1'1ous \ variousva11ous pokepokescookoutpooketapookeispookotjj ofor roeistanceresistanceobeisancerel31stnce whichifthich1IIblch nice litchi compriseconprisedcomprised!: ttwtlicthEw; re 1l-i--n-m--' Yneri1Synergic< 1 . . eritalaritalnerital' taltaitail'front !TyrantInfantryJ"w-fantr3TrXantry"- procprotccprotectiontlontalon d li J"wfantr3 c\t-ctdcould\;old- nott bebo 8upp11suppliedart toto-t- theote two Jw ctd art111el-Y- -te art111elartillery battalionbattalionabattalions upport1nsupportisupportupportinsupporting the re Usenet: Kent &' reb1hientundreb1hientiuentVientianei ent andund the-ten- iuentand th-the . t banterterhookbattertesbatteriesbntterteobatterlCBbatterl.CB of theaethesethecae battalionsbattellone eaterY battalion defended themaelvethemaelveathemselves with allal-all- uvu11bbleavailable weaponweaponaweapons .* InXn Fait luvial the letIfit Battalion area , C CompanyComp ., ., ( 181)) -.- 181 A-ll- , p . 489 ; 1A-14. .-- . p 2-S - Coxnpany61Coxnpany(61)llA j 1.L4A14L4.L4rr, . 2 - . . . . ." . . 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' . . . . _ fllfall ...... - - - , _ _...... _ .." . .- _ . -- - -. ---- - . . .- 4latelate in the 16101G L rl afternoon of' LathererLaoerberDecembercenibercannier , hhadread counterattackedoounterattackod inpint-in-pinp-in--.¬ oto ththe town of MANAGEMhRNACKMAHNAGJKhH CKACK to assistawaitaaeiat B Company , who was holdi-holdingholding- ng town .* & the DrBy morninmorning; 17 DecenfcerDecemberpecember both companlecampanilecompanies werewore rimedringe-ringedringed-rime-rimed- . din town The rere6imentalregimental1mental commanderoommander orderedordererlborderer his newlJnewelnewly retumedreturnedresumedreturned-retumed- , . ( ) 2d. . Battalion - to relieve MANIACMAKNACKMAHNACKMA.1NACKMA1NACK and s © hF t, rrpp ._,. ._._ _. -- seouroure * _ * 11 tjisjaclfJAfJ'A - . c- t ;. . " ( t = e ( - . ! ._ eolltip.cAIIIP"Aere.olltipcAIIIPAer.cAIIIPAer.cAIIIP"Aer(oI1Hpt e . 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WithY/1tb . & /Y1tb what rJlurenainedr.Jluremainedlnec1 fcof-c-f the letlot BattalionDatt11onDatt&11on isolated1801t ted in it-itsitaita-its-ite-Te-Kitavita- s - ) stronxtrontrogononbjo1nttrongpointtz-onbjo1ntpointpointB8a and the 2d BattalionHe ttal10n (ioneone,one , thtthethat) totemoremttnemyoremyanomyynomy soone onoon had thethe-tem- regimentalperamentalre influential GPOPCP CLERVAUXCLBRVAUX ( ) re6imentaltzifflental at SCLERA under attackattaok .* 8583(85)(83) B1By the even1neveningeveni-evening-& ng 1 W.8was. begin & of the 17th itt W8 be1nl5beingbein attokedattaokedattackedatt&oked bJby ten tanktankstanka and 'battalionbsttal1on'bsttal1on'bsttal1on-battalio-battalion- ' .* ( ) ofotn 1n1'ant171n1ant17infantry 6(63494(34)(94). SfBy 19501930 the enemyonemy had penetrapenetratepenetratedted into the-thec-the ' l6fi ) A-IOA ,_ A-1BAAd12,9Ad- 9- 1m IOAtbA-tbAA-a- ( 1BAA-a-12912,9-12,9., p. 4ffJ AA-llA-- l ., p . 98 (9a(85)(63)( ) A-16A-18A16(-tbA-16-AAd- AAp AAl 9a8563 A16A1516-Ad ll ( 1618 843484)(84)(34)(84 ) A151618A-15A-16A-18A18W-- . _ . . _ ...... _ . : . .- ., . ., . . . r- . . . r .. + . , . . . . ' ...... - ' u . . -. .r ' x/71 * .a* r r . < , . . . SOTT ; ' r < . . SOT . - ' . . . ' . . : . . _ _ _ -W--M . ' _ _ _ : . 7- . K _ . . < , . : d.r ii ; . . ! ' * n .. _A . r : rArMM.1.OrArMM1.OrArMM1O _ . o * *. :. " . . . - ; . . . 'Sy wSK-M x dr*'* wx71 JS-- *' MWVMW Fy t < . .. _ - _ ...... - Sy wK ...... "' . . . MW ' ' . _ . . _ .. \.. . .. / . . JSJSVMW . . x . . . - . . . : ;" - . . . : : _ q - . : , _. . . , . . . . . _ . . . . . = . . . . . - : . . _ . _ . . . _. . , ...... 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L Mr_MmMMrMM.rM'M.r wR .fir.fir-.firtfirstt/t_ r .- MOMMO/ .c - - . .fir M - .-, - - - town and nada Sven thou , © y.cboomerangs 1- nadhad ven . . dldrldriven tho regimentegiMentnl.egiMentnlregimentalai3nental commendoommandoomrnsndCommand grouproupcroup to the 1.ippa-dipp-ipper-'ipper-'tppartipper.tppar.ippar.ippar.tppa-.- rtloorDlorderfulfloorsrfloorstloorD of the hotel whowhiohwhlohwhich waswaewade being used as afl CP . 'rhe'rheTherhea (Germ-Germa-GermaneGermans-Germane-' nehadans thethAthan groundround . © around: tloorfloor Colonel PullerFuller , the rgiitantal0.0erog1111cntfrittatargiitantalroginontalregimentalal 00e0.0e00-0.0-C . a . , E83ELBORNES3ELBORN deslgnatfddesignated) as an a8eemb17bramblyassemblyaBaembly pointpo1nt and AILERONWaterborneAIRBORNEAtIERBORNALLERDORNALIERBORN, B-asba-BSaa-as- thehenatheSthe tore . CP ' - the locationlooation fortor the nnextt and 1reoteddirected his staff to RttemptemptattemptRtte-mptattem-attempt- Rte . ' ..._. .._. . ... pt FattyPftyT > .- . . " to 1nt11 tract e through 0 ermanArmaniBermann 1Mri'MriMari- ,,, o s .i. . . . , -, , ' """" infiltratetrat throuLh the r Arman, l inA8in- , Tb 1j ' i- . ' ..Iiris.i.ricirri.i.ri-dJr1, o.-Tf "- . arrBarr nswin swsw- !r '" I(.IdJr1irii.ridJr1o.i.riTf-o- ..l insw ._ - A-B- l -Air-Air y ; ... . - _ . . - irl . . , . . . . " A swr - . . - - ' .- . . . - . ® T , - .theatheKe -1 bybT;; nH [ midterm ; , -o iotQl b meansmaans * * - iotahotlhot"lhotel" bmaansmans ofitof "it itoelatollatoeltoweltullettUll: lethalladderltt\hl.r1r \ . , throuqt1t'oUththrough; ; h nou thtrl.1th.trl.1.dirt. floorw-Floor- .the---.the-- bans fit itoel1r- hlrhl.rlottoltthl.ridtr srthout1t'oUthut1toUth'! thirdththtrl1irti Fl-flo-floorflourfloor-flour-' - . ltt. != . hr" 7 w1.ndoww1ndowwindow cofco r.n; 1.ndowwindow n ad1Q, hl y4i.7My4i7M : the to rnfin adductadUcFadjavert ., Onl1- c ; . JA cadaverantnt t nnlOnl10"1:; HCi1r.1011tr.lHCi1r1011tr.lc. . . . mutant.. ana-Wan- ridorid cliffrf 01Onl1theenl" thet e HCi1r1011trlrantlrantrllrantr.llr.antr.lplantar. ctrl j11utnntj1.1utnntj:1.1utnnt' i1utnntutnnt andaa-an-and- aBda d , : > h nd1tul or ; :. ; p- ; hndfulhnndfulhandful of othorathorax (..- pt.otot throughthToughthT'ough goto upupp OPCP R , , others ot though' Andoandgotand nott u 0.a att AileronWaterborneAIrJERBORNATIERBoRNALLRRBOH- ., ( TheNThe{ ; placentalleniently wayst?j he'he' reririentalreferentialrre( lraentallrnentRl 000.0COC.O. . a""awa capturedcce pturedpurredptl1red . 85(85)(85)-( ) M ( -f-lnwh11 on thantheft raft , Meanwhilelnwh11 , thethftthA regiment1Mentintently . than .. i & totally , rrft inentnlalftl "rI'I' i ht1t.ht))1t.ht hlthethflthA 5J3d30 d attRlionbattalionttlltt'llttfaEtta' ion ra3ra,3ra,3-aaa-AS- . AP.. ' n1.RO F , PJ . ! n1ROr1 sono ,ht1.mhtml . attn - Art' wY7! % ., f1tht1.nght1m ; . 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Tr .an tHC .f\Partly - n Vnet"r\Vanet"r-i-t- " % J1J.1J alterllTer11wn1- rr:rrOiO.ibrkzbarkroi )it'itt mrmlrundundcrundernndr 'r tickthieftHcIfk errBerlin\egrlrinfegrlregrlr-furlfRrlPrtrlRrRrl in trt"rt . c3.Mv(C <- c3MvL. -iv' ., hood , ' ivlY'lYviv Thiarh1eThisThai.rh1e hodhodgepodgeftpod. dogee !? < hoghodgpFTPdge of clerkclclerkaclerksrk8 ., oookscookscsooks ., divotrotordrivortdrtvoridrtvorif: RNansnr3Rnrl t111ert1.11erartillerygrtillerygrtillery-qrt1.11eryartillerym-qrt1.11ery-q-r-t1.11er-y-ir-.me-cutle-fcUlo-fcUlory--. -- menry beatheat .* enn teat off five attacksattaoks RequestRequestsRequesta kept pouring inqyby 'radioJadioradio-radia-AdiosJ'adioJ'adio- tor < for ammunitionammlnlt10n from the bellebeleabftleaguredbeleaguredbeleaguereduredcured rifle orphanedcompaniesoorapanieBcomp nl ft . AttActAfctMatt pt"Ant-"ptnptB-ripsrip-riptsripts-! werp monde sawwere mademnde to sendaendamend from CHATHAMCOHSTHUMCOH8THUMCONSTIIUMCLOSTRIDIUM r.118c1. . Th m- r-e- it fro but failedr118c1 ThTh-Thpressurep-repress-nrepressurepressure-rIJ!IJ\l\ e l urerovedprovedeproved too great and linealtlnallrfinally K CoBpanyOompanyCompany reported that the ene-enemy-enderenemrgene-enemr-enemy mywaswawan ,- ra into the compRnycoapanycompany CP and thattheyheatherytntthatthnt they-they were machinesmaahinesmashing8ma h1ng; theirhera-their- ldicradio . That wasW88W8.8. the latlfltfeltlastlaetl&flt& heard fromtromtromp K Company . With the-themthen- m1mm1(n66(66)) AmmAAl616A-l6A-16- 55"- : . . , . . . .. " ' . . . " , " , . , " ' . . "" " " , . _ . . ' * ' - ' " " . . * . , _A . . - .* . . . . - " . . - 11 . : . " < - . . 3"3r"5 . . ' . ' " - . ' woo . . -. - . ' ' fr _ ' . _. UM4M . . ... 5 - - .- " -. 33r5. -- . . ..1 ._ . .. ' - - 1 -_ :_ .. _ . . :.-:;.:; ... - - _ - - .- '! ' :-:; . . . - ' "-"MI"MI - MIlawyr. . , , . law-yr , - . . . ' . . . _ Mono ' . .. . elm ' . yrlaw , . , . , ...... 11M- ' "ft . . . . . , . , 11M eM ft ' : ,. . 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Rnan inr-in-In- -¬- t Belmont:loon inin-inrIn by Kita. , dicated . . dilateddicated b1 abortionApollo - - ititsIta attarAfter actionaotlonaotion report d o . than t''t1 (c d aborts ...... - .-. - . - . _ WM4/M. . / 4wM.W4wMW . . . ..rIMIM WM4 - .AA.' r.r .r.r/rIM/ . .- - A rr ® Q'Qj.Qm.d... dJL. -s ' -' q l M Seely who had . QQj'QmddL .s4 str-'hyrattquarierser era that-that'- . ' _ s4'Mr'hyrattquariershyrattquariers Eely arrlvedarrived. s -h rtersrorfor - - just al9frQJDQ11.t4al9f.r.QJD.Q.11.t4arrivdMYMM.WMYMMW . MddJLs Mr rtersrorthatthat . ' al9frQJDQ11t4. / . . ' vWVwMv.WVw'Mv.WVwM. "" terror ' .- .s4h . . ___d YaYWaw/'N. " dJs h .dl .YaYWaw ! _ ..dl. - - f ' - . _ ,w , .. ._. ... . ww f - Yaw . _ I1. . terror . . ,_ ... / . y ...... ' _.aMY//.aMY. MOM.O. .YL - .w_ .A aMY - w A . -. . .A.aMY - ) .-'N HOOCH ( , *. He conn&ndCOInnund.& 03O030COJOC: . (94) Wi whewhenwhaLwhale1. W89eraswaaW8.9Wada = - purpose lieNtook coniund ot [ With what . avail-vail-valu-- - tock connnd!: at 94strstarth lvailIvail-availab-av-avail-- x ableleail thisthi3 ;stouptIOUptI'OUpgroupoupLoup asutshutt uup .attt.t ToneTonsedefenseefUl1S8de-Tonse- pos1positiontl on cncutenntKentAt of the torntown ndnndandand-ant-nnd-me- deUC nthehem CCP? waswaaWada town . At ClostridiumGONSTliUMCONSTIIiJMSturmSThUM 3d&l CPCF Vl1thv/ith-with-/ . the 'in the the l& Battalion withvith- un;in:n quartetaauortmentassortmentasoortmenfc of survivorsurvivorssurvivorw5urvlvol'O5urvlvolO' ofor the 3od3d Santai3attullonxsattalL TXTXU; ; ( ionlon , some artilleryurtl11orytortil-tirtillory- , thela battalion literatureslieadquartersheadquarters }Jersonnelpersonnel , andundcud otherothHr odds and endsends-endw- , wasays hold1holding; out . The force totaled about 2002 00oo and was commandoommandoommand-command--¬ by iKetubbier certain .,.Alec ve ' , Lt . : + Vicki; x.-xb-'* . aded the Heb1r1entulHeb1r:1entulubir:inentalinfernalerktai ;fictiveLinocutiecutiveLsiocutive)Lec uiuti OfficerOff1cerOf'f1cer ht Colonel StStftrt ickier1CJklelicki b- hetweenbetweenetween the two pockets , ndandnnd outsideoutsido of them , thothethou ll110thth InIn-I-Ia-I'a-W-In--- faintersfantrysfantry'sfantryf'antrygantryntryintryI'antry'' ' s fifteen mile .front.front was wide open . InformationInformllt1on fro-from-fromfron- nwarblersatrHbblersnttrRtalrRtratram lersl618leers* indictedlandlerslndlostcdlndlos.tcdindic&ted.& "thatChat"Chat the isolated ccompaniesorApan1e3 of ththethtoOtto 1st1at1st-lef- Q . (95)-({ g5 )} cuaUalionattalionuttbattalionbutt lonllon had be8been , overoveJoveoverrun by fUtatsthIsfhU ttiletiretiro * 95(95) The CP at AILERONALLEGROAI4ALLERBORNALLERDORHMerionERLiORN was not in trouble untilunt1l late afterafter--¬ noon when a termanGermansteersman) attack penetrated its defensedetensesdefensesdefenaea and forfe-torch-torcedforcedtorced-forced-torched itsed way into thethothou town . A previouslyprev1ou17prev1ou.17. ?JreparodpreparedRepaired plan ofor evacua-evacuaevacu-evacuate- tionionation waswee put into effectdetectettect but a heavy fogtog , combinedGombined with th-thethe- talletafallrall ofot darkndarkendarkness... ., inducedinduoed 11Haltedlimitedted visibilityV181bl11ty and confusionoontuPontusconfusi-confusion-lon ., Wada great many . were oapsoapcap- .- Theon rutrultr.ultresult.. .waswaa.. that a greatreatat.at. of the detenderdefenderdefenders .ere.ere ca-capcap- (4)(64)p(4)(64)( )) A-lbAlb(-A16-16(-A-16--n m64(95)(9b(96)( ) lbA-16A- ;4959b9696) Alb16A-lA-lb l 89- 2989 ' , . . - . ' : , . . . LM . . at . . . . < , II . . .IM/4M. _. _ F , : _. .IM4M - - - - . ,, . .< . " < i : : . / , d _ ' . , . . ' - M . . - . . . ' . li ' , _ ' . = ' . / + .. .ncr 4M.IM . : SS * M.. wn-mi; ' , . _ 3ww.aM3wwaM mi . _ + .nc . 0 , . . . IM. . - fn . _ . , . . - . . rr . ; . . . _ . :_ _:._ _s- -. . -w:.;..; wt..wt;..--.IM4M.n--.: - :;miwn= "; :";" - :"; ::;" . ; . 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ItIZiti _ ._... .., + . ,. . + i . _ . _'_ __ .MIAM.IA.M.IA.> rrrrtrrr.rtr.rr.rt_rrwrr.w rrr- - : , rft.r.ftraft_. borerorr.V.o.rr.V. . _. .r.r . .- . - - " - -.r rr - R.R.orrV - - -- - r- luredturedtouredaturedYtured ., including1nolud1ng Colonel Eely88811Seely .* ThisThieThief anticlimaxantiolimax terminat-terminatedterminated- reinremnantremnantsremnantenanteNantes anca.mandcoumandcommandan enden.d. ,grouproupcoupcroup the- edthe activities of the rei ofot the camand. brouP of the 110th Infantry a da7day after itits. commandoomman4 had ceased to exis-exIstexist- ts88as a cohesiveoOhe81ve unit . (96)-96(96)( ) On the mom1Ilbmorning of the ldthIdthdoth18thWidth the ;trouptroupegrouproupcroup at FunniestCONSTCfniSTHUMCONSTHUMCONSPHHUH V8SwasV/8S/ hithit-hoi- tyby a heavy German attachattack . They were batteredbQttor8battorer3 b7by artilleryartillery-artilleryt- , tankankman and mortar efirtiretirofirefir-e- . They repelledropelledpropelled attack after attackattuokmattock butbu-but- ttethe pro8surepressure was terrificterrifio . rlnallyr'lnallyFinallyPenallyPenaltylineally' they fell baabackbaak treethreetbree milesmiles-milesto- ' ' tone KabulKATEKAUlENKAU'l'ENKAUTTENLKAUTILNIIACHAHACHAHACH .* There they were hitbit ba1nagain&ba1na& ain and retiredhotrodrotlrod to OChERNICERNUCUERNOg-NOGuE- ., aboutRabout two miles to thele west . ( See Map lD) ) toretioreHere they dUbdugdu Ra-and-and ura in ' " , , ' - . _. . ._ . _ ...... ,. - - - - . -< ' '* " ' A .Q.d.t? .. . n-- "'tlO ? mourn- - d1 . Jyd.Qd.t. . llefls-fctr- tlO " leaB- un morn-murn-mourn- < . mor- headquartersheadquarteraheadquarte-ra_ . .- . .4OI9.r Qdt n 'lO i"at leastot mornmurn" divisionvision headquarter. lt . - 9.rA Yd c-a'noTfiat'stt ti1 headquarte* 9r. bb-o laB . DTd.tfactor- until - . , st * l . . disson . .. Nebo H . lleflsa'noTiat _ .., n . ' "' 4 nbboanoT . . . f dtlefts . . . _ _. . " fctrbbnoT ' - " O.rwrOrwrO.rw. ... "A .. . -A-M-AY ' " rOw- . o ing ., 1n1n"J"J,"J . Au auy't4y lung ry waawasWada 8\,81\ the- .-, in, xt raUitheUib iayayia.y ended this tired llunhungrycforce 81,81awaitingtfngfang ththete- ? ( -< - ( ) ( DL ) 8 ne-nextnext-netneyt oremGormanKoranRomanKormanCrorman attiPattiatti-latticattickattattackattuckMatt ick-ickDickck . 9(997(97)? 5ee(5eeSeeLee 11apMap ' ' " ,, Heiliefile'i'lieLherfiler.file.LheBillie. ldtlidleidtL13t1ladlel. of DecenburDecemberDeCEHJbtJl reorientedeorrienuedcoinmencedcommencedCOIW1CllOthl: forrorroar thetLetalelidotliOtL.e. llu9th109th9th infantry , oilio-oil-01101.-01.1ou-mo-. thelite1theuthed division:rirlri6htht , with two companiescompendiacomponioaoompnn105 of tothothetUothou Romeroreservereoervo 1st JutBatJJutBat-JJut-Ba-JJu-U-ta-tal-Uut-- ? , ,< talontalionttalionta110ntta110nionlon-talion poledpoluedpoisedpoiBedprobed for renewedrtsnawedrosinweed attemptsttttmnpts to relieverc11ove isolated1so1oted1so1o.ted. EI ;CorCorat-m-tm-Co-Cor-Corn--Cornt-omom-tor-- , ut ' :' ' ' ' : : ? , , ); P0JURENPOURINGrOVAlRLMP,0JUREN'rOVAlRLM: . A 1 ' . . .a Hlyn 1 tinrilltillartillvrtinvrtill.vvtv.vmrnnetm.vtm.v., In oval'OUHRINOUHRIN Company trlotriotried ribrilbtfllbtril'btfll'btlblrb' t aLIundafLI iiiaii'aifilledrallodfulledralliedled'hurllealedleda 'llhurl'll'hurlLynn r , lb :> , , ttriedtriedlndidindlndimdbindland, failed , finally the I \c RH PlatoonPlatoontotPllPallPll-iPifatoonPrivation- 00011bot00011 totbotbootot to witliinwithinwhittling 200200- 1 , } ,& . ' t:, ) . r h&d-.., yardeyardsyarded of hi ' CompanyCompanysCompany's8 postpositiont10n and learnedlearnodi thethothouthatt the comfitoomphcompcomXfuiyoom'p.uoompuoomp.ucompany hdhidh.idh&-h&dh-be-db-ht-d-- E ' . ' > ' , : } . : yjfc . , . ..-o- , . rl ( .< . , , rd-ji.ncL. . . . . , Tl , .t.Q . . .\ rdji.ncL' . dbeen ou . t.Q. . , \u.tJ . O.l'd.J1c.L. bier been wiped out asiQc tJM __ chatteltQ . jituft.uft . OafJoafUTu.tJ hlfchalf - M . . .beeen _ tMtJ . t td.t OldJ1cLOldJ1c.Lordinalji.ncL ? r.t. _ . , _ .be. . p6 . right hattalbattalion9n 'uiuft; tauttu.tJ tdt jincL ier . en ! ! rirhtritBritri t\\t loriloriuui . td incjoin;.! rt < rd K CornelianConjCOnljanyCompanyComj nn, waswipedwas-was . JHJlonucleush Euclid the- toff w-wassailedwipeoutswipedoutwiped out ThisThiaThai left ia nululo in eacheuclleBcilCecil of thehe- linemline uatta11unbattalionsbattalion's' fronts .* TheThoTheo Regimental CoCommanderor reportedroported hishe-his- sitationsituation to division .* DivisionDivia10n had learned that the 60th60th- Armored Infantry RegimentRe iaent1montagent ofor the 9th Armored . Division , to thethe- l09th109th InstantIntantrJeIntantrJ'eInfantryInfantrysInfantry's' ri6htri1 ht was falling backbaokbook . This fact , coup-coupledcoupled- ledwith the holeshellnoIe..a in1n the lOUtl09th109thlOUth Infantry line , plusplu8 the fact th-Th-thatthat- ', atitsitaaisKita letlettleft .Nannankflankn.ank.n.ank waw.awas. also expodexpoexpo.dexposed.. , caused division ro'roklokilo:o order thehe-the- resiesresistantre iaentagententKent to withdraw to the hihhi&hhigh& ground northeast ofor AdieuDIEzUCHDrDIhAiKCH-LAICAIKCH{ ., ( Ot ) A 1111D7)1111 A-I)AI-16 97(97)( D7D7-D7)) 16A-l6A-16A-! , . . . . . ' " . . . l6 - . . , - . A . ' ' ' .. . . ., ;. '. ' , . , .; . :.;... _ ...--. . ... ; , . , . - " - . . . ' , . ; . ; ' . , I = - ...... - - -;. :;. . ;. - - - .-. : :;- ; : ::; .- . : - _ : _ , _ . ; = : . . , ...... w 11 . . . , . , . ' _ . . . . . 0 ...... _. . . . , . , . . _ . . = :. . _ . ; . _ . ' - . . . . .-< < . -. - ...... , , . _ ...... , " .. . - . . . . . , . , . - . . . - . . - . . - . , , . .- . ' " . . " - . - -:- - .- . . . .- . ... " . .. . _ ...... , , . . ' ...... , . - . . , . . , ' . . , . . , ...... -' ' , . _ . . . ' . . II ...... -_ .. . . _ " _ . . . y-- . ------' - ' __ 14If1.4If' -y .. . ., . . . ' . , ...... - . .. . . _. . .-. .," .- ' _ ., . i- _ . . .. .uNMuNM. . * w - r. _I .r. r r "r r. I i . . _ wa_ . Mr NM M % uM trr.wtr.r.w r r r v.pYM. MM Mere_Merer. w . rr trwR.R.trrw - .W., 1' M . vpYM J - - arv.pYMar- -PM- -fallfablil - -- The order BewaswaaWBeWada tocofco roilroll back with the 9thWthWith Armored )Division11vls1on1)1vls1on . The11to'The-11t- missionmlBfllonomission881on liveniven1vengiven to the rebtmantre6imentregimentrevetment .was8.8. to delay the enemenemaenemy, advanceadvan-advance-advance.-. Thece regiment conductedconduotedoonduoted an orderly wlthdr.w.leItwithdrawwlthdrwlewlthdrw.lewlthdr.w.lewithdrawalwithdrawals. . @ It started atat- 2000 hours , 18 DebarDeoberDeo.berDecember.. and was copleco.plecouplecompleted. ted b1by 0200 hourhours. , lS19lS-19- DeceberDece.berDecember. . 98(98)( ) ( SSee.. ItapTapMaMap> D ) While the were begin ; pounded d e- unitsuniteunit8 of the divisiondiv1sion beingbein ound6d thduri-during-rirlhSrlhS-rehas-RalpheL- hedngethe 13th , they were notn 1n \ . ¬ the lath their t alone in their ditt1ct1edifficultiesditt1cditt1c\ t1e * The divdividivi-d1v1d1v1-- <. } scion hondquucarterrAhtHhath dqH ' ptp.t. ' LTZLUTZ wasps, . El sion810n heftedheftdqii Itoirtorrrattl1.rattl1) [ :ttt.tt.t JILTJILTZ wswsswaewade alsoaleoaloe havinghuvinhivingHlullvlUL.vlUL, :a hard t1mtime. . ItT-It-Pit- badBDhadhead or ; od a oralorbanlanionanodeanizodanUod provisional defensedofense battalionbattal10n made up ofot stroatriaatraostagstr&oatrao-stropstragstrag-& - leersb1eraglerslersleers from vriouavariouvariousv&rioua& units , plueplucpluckplume clerks , cooksoooks , drlvdervdrivers8 , etcetovetoetc- ., } , ' - , T1,5 , Tyco' , 1 . T15 8 . . was nnorlHHH' ' Kent ,1:4tb! CCl11bf1tCCl11.bf1.tCCl11bf1.t; . . ' TihesThiss's battRonbattyRUoncattalobattallorl1fltta11orbatt-RUonl1f.ltta11or: uricnor to 8lL8'lLalijnentalignmentan nentanentent rcVctrctr'ctYctVc 44th14tb14th: CombatCoiwbat. nblr1tftr8nblr1tf.tr8Ln6lrieeranblr1t.f.tr8Ln6l.rie'eraLn6l.rieeraLn Jera-Jneers-Jneers.-. . ' .- . w . } < -* , Alamo . . " ( . . . \wwari\"i8" t theft ! : , .} . . AlsoAlao avallti'bitwava11ikb1tava11i.kb1ta.va11i.kb1tava11 bllball "i8war tHLnthf- rcconnrer.onntiireconruiSraccoon; \ SerranosranoessanoesnanceSundance troop , , . . ., avallti'bitavallti'bit-bll"i8i8 thf division reprintrcconn\rcconnsranoereronntiirectories remnflntromnantiremna-remnantramnanttromnanti- 6 . . avalltibit . '. , . sane . . . raccoons , ld thfrer.onntii ., . ". ' ' " ' " ': J1 " ' , ' ; ' tJ .taletreet.Le T j JellJJEl . , o : l1reb7rel,1re: 'TU7tr/U7fc/U7fc ofntf thetLe 630thfi30th ta11onta11.on< . ., _ JfimentLFigmentemollt-1.- j b7reU7fciire TU7tr TpnkTqnkfH'fH - attali.ondS emollt 'f Tank Hat tnl- attallonattaliondbattaliont . .. t ire 7t; PinkC nata-Battal-hnttal-entail-tnl- , < molt Battal . . . * " f Bat-hnttal < ' natal < * Batatnl . . - .- ., attali.ondiire' tn ' " . ' . . . . , .. "r . " .00. ' . " . battalion' 00 : J Sa ! . . , . 1 } - 101 - - lrs n."leantelementlexaentaelementsulementn of the 6a7th687th6tit7tt: PiedFieldPIeldJi1eldP"IeldJi1.eldJi'1.eld1AftillerBafflerA.ftillerArtillyryArtilleryA.f'tillerAr'tillyryArtaMarta'' lerleer :y; BnttTatBentTiatittt lonllon. ton , ndnndHndHand eleele-dele-¬ aments choc AAA . ( VVy ) rpJr.pJrap. } p- ments ofor thothefchothou 447th; AlUlU\A\ BeEattalionBattalionHatfcaUontto11ontto.11ont.to.11on. . 99(99) TheT e forcefor08 mmannedn8d aa- erimeterver1meterperimeter around thethothou town . At 1500 hours thothethGthouthug town was heavilyhea-heav-heavily- ;) - _ . - ( Etta ( kkedd . . .. 13)013. 0O .3.ourvi3-.ourvi. ?j c .{ . w1.tlwl ; ., ache ' ';. & "t-"- ilyettaettacvilycUackedtta JtJ.tAt l130\: 'our!ourvi.ourvi.ourourourj.ourj ccnttrtconfectcontriteccntt.rtcontfcctntnctintent w1tlth' ththeA'Wronsiaissancetheche(' Awryeconomicsonsiaissanceheconimisanoeheconimisa&noeH6fonnalssanoecomplaisanceA'Wr-onsiaissance PlaPl-Pla-PlaxPlat-Pla"-- , AWrA'Wr° ' ) } OIJUtowntOIJUthoriumto'jn andund . TDTlTI ) Goth x . ; . atotoononojn elementelementseementselementoelementne.ements of3the 650th630th nattallonBattaltonBattallonbattalion , bothoth fl1la1.la1))1hhhhhh-tint1ntin-t1.ntim- , - * :iuibLNorth-NorthquibbleiuibLothyNorth' off thothou town was 10110:1 fc . AtA bond thou doydory,'' , ( 6- JilllJltllJl'tl( of loutlo: t t the ondend of thetho dadu ! the 'forc-forforcef'orforce-force'-6 * - , " r'f'r' qen :. : . . .11.10,611. + ( (° } f' l ,, 0611111) .wWas 11 "l, ) O ) nlioldlnmultifoldrn- lolllioldlLillielioldliioldin4ioldin.4ioldi.n.4()Id1ni , blurljur'.t H1.H1 a t)tillotilltitilltitillatetill under trackttRckattackaceticafctfick . 1(1l O10 . . ' , . ' ' ' , . , . . ; .. . 431s Bottle . . .TJ, . . ambo Kiwi , 11 3 ! { . . } TJ. ! l IwiMCINCI . 1 1'l' .O-t Tb.Tb J3thJ.3thl3thcl3th.c.l3.th.c. c i ceriseceisbermbembamb r hmh ! Sstaraeeriaerienlrj thhe delidlVidlV'iddivisioni V :. )"1l St1J9tSt'1J9tsUisuit .t: Otl..Otlin-on-r continuetlcontinuecontinent to deteriorate *. DothBoth of its remainin6remaining8maln1n regiments ha-hadhad- beendean , forced to w1withdrawthrewthdraw . ContaoContacContactt wiwithth the 112th InstantIntantlJIntantl'JInfantry ha-hadhad- beendean lost . The penetrationponetration into the divisionsdivision'sdivi8ionsdivi8ion's' oentormentor ha-hadhad-' beendean widened and denneddpenedd.peneddeepened.. .* The headquartersht.adquartershtadquartersh.8dquarter. itselfitaelf was und-underunder-unde- attackerraterattack .* ThisTh1 . probablyprobab17 was the divisionsdivision'sdivi8ion ' 8 darkest hour .* (98)( 8 ) A-13A13p.6A-13p.6A -' 3 , p . 6 19(98) 1313p613p.6 99(99) AA-12A12p.5A-12p.5- , p . 8 ;, A-15A-16- (100)( ) AA-121212p512p.5- , p . 56 A1516 )100 A12p612p.612A12p.6A-12p.6 . _ . " _ ' . . , . . , . . _ . . ' . . ___ . . . .. "h . _ ;...... , _ M : _ ' ' , : A . h . . : . , . . .tI't . - . , _ .tIt ; ' . S =. . . " . . ..;. . R ;. . - tIt; ; ' - . ;.: - _ . , A . . .. , . . .N. . " . . ; " . N . . .. " ...... A- . . : - . . . . ' _ " _ . - . . ' ...... - . . ' - . ' . . . . ' III . . . . L 1 : - . . - . " . .A- " ...... , d ' .. . . .A . . . _ 1 ' . . "...... '_ . . . 1 .. ' . MI 17- A . . . . '"-17117 - . - . , . . _ _ . . . III . .. V IW4 T . . . _. . . _ . - ' y . .. f I -. ., . . 1111-...- . ' . ' ' ------THE SPURTFOURTHPUURTH Da-DA-DAY YDuring , . yspringYDur1n6Dur1n6During the e117e.117e.1'17early.' morningmom1ng howhourhours ofot 19 DecemberDeoember the 112th112th- Infantry oomanoedooma.noedooBonenoedcommencedcommanded. itsitaKita oyent.Doyen.oyentmovement_ to TROISTRIOSTROTS VIERGE8VIBRGE8 ., It moved toto- tethe vvicinityvlo1nltyi o inimini ty of HAULAGEHtJLDAlGBHULDAMGEHULDAHGE and at 0600 hourshour.a aovedabovemoved out toMto.Mtow-toma-towardto.MT-towardT-toward-.. ardtoesROISROTSTROISTRIOSTROTSTROI8 VIRGOSVIBROE8VIBRGES . 8e8.e(8.e( .See ApBapMap D ) At 150016001800 hourhourahoutshourshout'sshouts' the movement .waswas-e.e. .- OxalatecompletedQoapletedeQoapleted . It .was.. then hit bJby anen attack from the south whi-whichwhiohwhioh-which-highw- ays BH i chwas repulsed .* Elements ofot Company ., which hadbadad beenhee1! 'rTu8hedT'u8he-T'u8hedsh-she-shedhe-hel- elfleftmetdleft onto the adjacent 424th Infantry earlier in the atta-attaokattackattack-., rejoinedcker the regiment during the afternoon . 101(101)( ) At 17451745- hours the reregiment; 1111ent IJa8oast-oas-, aa attuchedtouchedattached to the l06th106th InfantryIntnntry DivisionlJ1DiveDivievie ionion- . 102(102)( ) This action wast tskentokentakentllkontalking by MoMojMoorMojorMajoror CentralGeneralCenerAL .fontalJoneaJonesfonAfl.fonAfl of thehe-tItethe-titer . : adacheadjacentadjac.ent l06th106th Infantry DivisionDlv181on , oron). hiehide own initiativein1t1at1vcin1t1at1.vcinitia-initiative.-initiativeG-. . : ' , . V- mew was . v _ . . V Jonea knew predicament 112th . _ UeneralGeneral Jones the thethc Infantry in . . " . . eneral " . . . . . _. . " . ' . ..' . tive ...... - ! . .. . - .- - - . ' .- a.QU.1,1, _ ' own He knew What hejR5aU. _ .paQU11aQU.11 r-n1j"ireninWWe" OWlownOWll f'iankilliLnkf'iank-villaini'lliLnk , . .he. _- n1j"irenin riunk further that. . . - n1jireninr- rightht fiank . .. 4t RowerWWe r1fhtri rinkfink , . 'h- We _ ' . ' _ . . '- - '-b- . - . ' r ' . _ -" , < . . > - " - . . . ' . i J "" . - . 'h--- . . . . - .-. .. .- .- ' ------67- 6y-6yy67add1nbby6yh67 add1nbadding; the h'hregiment to hish1 oilmanoOIllmnRomaniaoOIllm&noommandCommandoommana& . Further , the regim-regimentregiment- . . ( ., 67entcould not bO, o on indefinitelyIndef1n1telyInde.f1n1tely f1ght1nrRtf1ght1nrf1ght1nr\fi ,tinnierhivehtiivtinierhtinirra.ahtinirr\, Rtaaaoa.a] anRn lnIndependent8pondet8pondet\t\ unitwit-wit.-witt- ',' Ity nneeded. ' , enthe 112th Infantry and the 424th Infantryrto iitaitoKitat © leleftlef'tft , bruntbrobrountrounda-broubrounta-brount-,,ntT-nt- ' ) . c, by grade movement 'the clutch' InfantryInto.ntryInto.ntr'y?'. Y ., ifncTnoTao . .. . - . -. . -_ ._ . rfi .mue.muemoue% , ththe. . 28th2 D1 v1s1on .was reduced to one ! veve- i tUiiyiiy--tU. -?., th Division as.as effec-effectiveeffecteffective- ' previousafter. . previoustiveInfantryIntar1tryIn.tar1tryIn.t'ar1tryinfantryii!rebimentret1mentret,1mentregiment, , the l09th109th aftertimeIn.In. the 28th Divl1onDivisionDivl.1onDi via. ion center , on the mornmornlnmornin6morning ofot 19 DeemDeoemDeoDeoem-Decemb-Decobt-Bat-Dee-Deoe-Deoem--. - afterthebetray } morbtJrbtorbeer r, the .roup.rouptroupecrouptyrouproupcroup at MuchNOCKOCHERNUCthRNOCHKRNOCHER and the divisiond1vl 1on CP and itsitaKita defens-defensedefensesdefdefenses-fi-fienfienfie- . after-ates WILTWILTZ representedrepreeented the total divisiond1v1e1ond1v1.e1on. effort in the sectordeco-sector-sector.-. afterPressurePres8urempress developed earlyvarlyvary aatt NOCHHHRNEnochNOCHlHERCHER:R so the Executive offic-Offic-officer-OfficerOfficer- ofer the 110th Infantry , in commandcormnand there , went tocofco the divisio-divisiondivision- GPOP GomnCommGorman nCP for orders . At the CP General CotaCotta , Comm dindellndinbndlALndinq,, GeneralGeneral- 28th23th DiviaionDivisionDlv1Divination1on placed him ( ULt . ColCool. . SticklerTrickierStrickierStrickler ) in command ofof- " ' V/IL1'j74WILIfZZ4"WILIfZZ/ . . , :. CCPP awns to-co- theten 4"WILIfZZdefensesWiLTIL1j7WiLTiIL1'j7' i defensesde1'teneesde1tenees' . tielie.tief4 was informed that the (;? wnswas aaboutboubout t to V ' , mmove II13Ri.SIbKhT. ) BHl "'l' BAHJB1 SlOOHESTOWTOGNIi-S'l'OOHE' E- WIL-WILT-WILTWILTZ move to SikhSIbKhTI Hl 'li ,$ just southuouthyouth of ToniSootheTOGNIiEtonianTOGNIiand, and that the WILT try' ( defZdefendersdefendersTdefendersnder8 would .noldholdmold until leterlaterletter In tbtiretjretjr'e;.E daylay andanti would amo-movemove- ebaback 'Wh'Whwhen'whenll so ordered . DueDuo to lncrncrincreasednaednaked prVSSllrCpressureprossure on NicholNUCHlNOCHHIRGNOCCHINOCHL-: R , RLt Cool . o 3d t , ion- Lt . (Col; 01 Strickler orderedordored the remnants off the battalio-BattalianBattalionbattalion-ha t al io-ion . . Stickler . -. . . . . - - - ' . . . ' . . '- _ .. . - - " . ". ' - ,) inaudible . " t"Ai.t5. tha-¬- nof the liltllth110th InfantrInfantry) there , nwnownuw nuaibenumbel1numbel.1in , about"aboutIb'I'b tAit5tAi.t550 , -to withwith-wiSri thth-thatha-Ta-than- . '' ' . drawrewrawa to W ljJ'rLaljJrLa:1LTUjPLDuple . illilhlil'hlhis'hisThis' they did underundet: fire . heyTheyrrheyrarefy tookcookfcook up dede--¬ festivefensivefens1vo positions'southwestsouthWGst of WILTWILTZ , within its perim-perimeterperimeter- ' ! eterdefensed.efense. . horho'rhoThe division GPUP moved out Andoretortandtotemtjotandem totjottjot;ot .&waylway.waylthirtytiwftyaway, luthutbutglut thtSt-dietht-tdi-tdiethatthe- townstown'setown'setsons' defenders were rapidlr1118edrapidlrapidl-rapidly-, rin4edringedr1118ed, and attackedattucked from allall- . ''- o- b- '* ' - durationsdiraatibnsdira'atibnsd1rdireoti6nstl.tlo.tlottle na :. Uh6The1U-h6he perimeterperilietterper11ieter: was gradually decreaseddecreiLS8d in size b-bba-byB-by-) -attacksattaokacktracksyattacks fromfeofftramfroffl all directionsdireotions . B1By late evening fightingrighting; was inin-im-un- ata progrprogressprogressiveproverprogram ... in1n the streetstreets. ofor WILTWILTZ ., CommunicationCODnunloat10n with divdividivi--¬ SOBRIETY o . Cool hie-. slonsionscionsalon at SirSIBRhBRIBESIBRETBIBRET had failedtailed 0.0so. Lt Col .* SticklerStrickler ordered hihishis-ins- ubordinatesubordinatesubord1nate Conneroonwnderecommanderoonmanderaoommanderagoosander to take their groupedgroupsgroupe , oreakcreakKorea them upup- , andland strikeatr1ke out on foottoot for tr1friendlydl., terrltorlterritory . This they diddid-disda- & _ A andined WIWILTWILTZLTZLUTZ felltell to thethothou ErrsGemunaGeraanaGeranialQerurnsGeminateGemu&na . HofHo"fHoofHowever..". , the 811suallsmallsquall AuAls=e riloanloca-rloanrloan-lcan-clam-ca-cancan- mpfire WILTZ .. , pinned down .uper-uppersuper-.supe-.uper-uppe- - torforcetoroored. at WILaWILTWilma! , althoUalthoughaltoalthoxi:h,h haat11Jhastily orian1dorian1.dorganixedorganized .upersuper . . " " . ' " . . . . . JL - - - 1 - . .a . . . r : ; I - : . ! , - . , ' . ' , . , _; i . _ Cynic ; ! t.t4I j L . , , < .: .a ' . . , . i ..o. ... . '; ...... ' tt4I - .l1iiil1.iii i 1 r1& U _ zi-it-IL r.aAiafcewinSafcew'i'nSlacewings \ IP .o r YniY.ni.Y.n'i ' ; , t't' i , b - . " ffyiffy f-- l-Trr-lT- r tfrHStrohfl-tfrH1It..1It i l TILTTLTTTLTL- TTl1.iiiiIH"'iIH-iIH' ;. M A .it Ut-H-, . , ; ...... Hr- . alai-Ai . - . . . . , . fI . . . , ...... Trr iI " . . " . - U- . " " :; . . ' . . . f lTRr . ' ' . rs5 1 " fl . 33 . . s5 . ' ' . -. . , '. . /I, , . . ti . . . I . . . - \/ . ... ' t 'l - '" - lorfor10rlord GermanOermanBerman forages forcesforaes andmId delayed the enemfenemaenecyKenneyenemy advanceadvanoe , thou-thouthrouthroughthrough- tinier ghttneirtheir tenacioustenaol0u8 detendefensedetent.. oofotf the town and 1 tall & ( tll ro . ) , itB ro&dnetmdnetMonet (104)(104 . _ _ . , . ,_ _ _ adnet * . . _ itstB Janet . * . , . . . rodnetrodent. . . . 104 . . . . . -. . : , , . , " . . > . . . . . (1- ' .. . . ,- . .. . " . . - .< . - . -. . ..- -...... - 104. . . " . .. " . . . -" -.' - - ...... " ' ' - - - . - . 04otb.tbthe morningrn116 19- _ -o"W li oft DecibelDecember the 109thlOVth ¬ -oW Deebel' cloth Infantry wawas. digdig-- Bingagingg1Being ' ging In on the highhlgh ground .. or DIEXIHCHDIEXIRCHDIETRICHDIEICIRCH notenOlthetnOlthe.tnOl'the.tnortheaatnortheastNorthwest' of DEICTIC . ItItsItaKita. righ-rightright- flank was t1ed tful tied in with the 9th Armored . tful DivisionD1v181onD1v181.on and Itsjtsj.tsjetsi. to le-leftleft-leftt- tllll'lk was llll'lkflanktlllllk expodexpoexpo.dexposed.. . Dur1noDurinDuranDurian, & ft the morn1l1tmornmornirmorning, ka heavy attachattackattaok as-waswas- launched abominate kance' abainataba1nagainstt the 3d Battalion . was repulrepulse ed the- It repulsed and te-thethe- arstainbattalion took 8090 prisoners endand arstain killed or wounded 300 Germa-GermansGermans- .*, ns At 1401400 hourshourhourb both 2d and w hour the 3d;d Battalions wawtawereree hith1t hard inin-ina-lin- anneen attack which 2 . lastedla ted hours TheTile attackatthck was repulsed . Th-TheThe-Tha- cayoayokayyeraay : eoeca closetclosed wiwithth hethe4-he receiptl6ce1ptl'6ce1pt' of nIlanem orderordeJhorde) to fQll 4- lullfall backbaokbook ainaaina ;;a1nain-Sai-ain.-. ThaTheTrioThai raga ;+ ornHorn 1 lv nte rakRonr6Hsonraa fo' !' waw s < . fiche+ akRon for t i nt fch harmonic ; . iti thatthtbHt lietliethet.he tth1 ArmoridArmortdArmoredhrmOI t;l< ilviLivisionDivision.ilvi1JlvisionSilvia s1 an on thehe-the-Eth- ' wasWeissWEiSWC.GWCG. lankly el & ighttlghttightrlrightt'lghtht CG swin6inCswinsw1nswain inlnL, backbuck like a& Lfltffttefatef&te withwI tritr.i. Feltfte its rijri1lht1"lht" :(} itt fla-flankflank- incurredkinehuredbnchbenchnchuroJ, andanaunci thou . . ri nknkingnchuroJr6J nci thetho 112th112Uith InfarctInfaritrInfro.trrInfro-.trrInfantry, iuhadwdw.dd become theUu1 incur ll .trrInfoInfrotarryInferno- . prolongprolongatio-proloncaprolongation-prolon.ca. iontlontiontalon , to the , t1JQ.t1J.Qt.1J.Q. trrA . lefty" or La . n ,left of thathastatethatsatetb8t sateb8ate retrorettobraderetro6raderett.obraderetrograderacieGracie lUOVemel1livelongmovementfliovemonbtwaswaawasWada neces-neces-s-- rr was neces- sr-s&-sp-niec-nec-niecesneces saryscary& Ogura * ry&ry to 8secureoura the 9th ArmoredAnointedArniolted Vi viRjRj on ' B® yes DivisionDivisionsDivision'svi leftlertalert flank tntln.t.lnandna t-toT-to- ' orontoprotectproteot the 112thfchfiche f'an ' s own ifc ' orte ll InfantryInfantrysInfantry'sInranbry'sInranbrysInerrancyIr fan try r1Jltri ftic linkflnkflinkflankfl&nk&( . rcrhc'rhcThe new line1 inecine w-waswas-wae- ' ® . , etteto be'beb an eafat-we&t- & ' neatesteabtwes.teabt-wes.teast-west 11nlintline extendinbextendl11bextending, from jugs . ' "' : ., UCLu-llOK- eatweteabteasteafatwestwe&twes.t extendint justjus.t southsoutnscout of E1rErMTEIiE1"rErMediciMTEI.iM'TEI.iihrelockhrlUCKhrlUCK-! loa-U- dsasQScasCas far westweewebfcaftt as uriJSBOJSliHUiiJ8BUUglich SBOUS . ( ) ( .web SOS 105106(105)(106) SeeBee Map D ) TheYhe'r' e ( Her fourth day tube ; afof thetbe NanJermanenaanTermanGermanBerman drive closedolosedloosed with the 28th23th23th-fc3fchfc3fc- hDivision11.1)1 tp;CPUP &t& < T Division) vision SIGHTSIBiSIBHETET , . . ? ' " . . , at SIB , ...... - tQ ' , . . ' . - , ' ddTexicL .w "nrl.nrl.marl" ... - _ . . 'It ... ., . . . - roptredpoll.- ' to;49., dare.wdefend 1t sseZse'ZSuez. "4rfii1 ij a z & . - - . 'It .- t -;. ;.>optreplljrep'lljrop't!} drewdarew. ititselfitsAlfr.rff4rfii1ji .-oKA11.oKA1'1a.oKA11a-.oKA1'1z11sKllskillz&11sK&llz&1- mxesniftamenitymaxeehiftmakeshiftm&xesniftmXesh11maxeehiftm&Xesh1& 1t force , and ii located'over 20 milesm11.. fromtromtromp its1ts one r-rem-re-re--- ma1nlmaixiin. a aixiinixingmainineamainlinemai.nineamaining intentlyinfantry re61mentregiment , whichwhlch was . doling t; lntantrl dtd.tdefendingdlng the flank ofotfa-of-ta-ot- an adjacentadj agent en adJaoentaoent unit .* ' ' o TO'1 ()Q 20 O26O'260 26 BCiBCJSMBBRUBC ftR 19441944-1 i44i44- On 20 Deco ' DeoDormerDecemberDeoemmer. r, thetbetube fifth day ofot the DorianOerianBermanOe'rmanOermanO . attackattaok thethe- 109th l09th InstantIntantrrInfantry anapestoaapletedcompleted itsitaKita move to itsitaKita nenew. line11ne by 04000400- (164)(c ) 164i04) A-abA-16)- J;) ExhibitJSXcnsSaxons D1L 6V ;? A-llA-LL- , p . 17 i04 16) LL 14- (108)Al:5(105)(106)(108)( ) A-15A-l:5A-13A16ab- :, p . 6 ;(, A-11- A, p . 1714 105106108(108)JAl51513l:5 llA11A-llllA . . , ...... , . . . < . . _ ...... ' .. . " ...... , ...... , . . . . ' ...... x- . " O . ' . . " n'n . ." . " ' . . . . - - ...... - .. - " . .'- .. ' . . ''- _r . _ _ . . . . . ' . . - - ' ' .. " ' F w . leis ' _ . __ ' ' . .. _' . AwaawrrmwA.waaw"rrmwA.waawrrmw, _r _.w MiiiiMw' . Willis' wow .. '' ' lis " _li . - - -T- - - . w'rvw'w'uwrvwwu' w ' ri xw viirww " . " . -. . ' . . - , . ; _ . vii . . ilis . -' nt2 " --.- T .- " . . ;t2-tT " .wml1 w;.. i* " ;. - rTTtTTattyt2-t2--' --'wowA.waaw"rrmw:; ' hourhourshoure .* All thy ® . were three battalionbattalionsbattallone established on the linelin-line- *. netThe ad2dd ; Battalion 1n QQ " . , _ _ . . _. , ' ____ tied in with the flank- ofjQfiJSA"A...... _ . . . . - ., . flanhflank .2.th.t . . _ . . ' of . . . .1 . . . . . flan-" . , . . " , OWANN . left1 R . ' I IOWAN lett 2th.t 11 A . .K ! ...... flan 410191ww . . . . . 2tht ...... w - .. . . Oft ..w.w . . - es1es-" .r " . let Ryyy.RRyyyR. . . L ...... k ' - . ". ..-. . - - - - .- r ' . - 1Armored - .- © Armored,. , RRMSDRFERMSDORP rmorcIarmorrmor.cI- Division at and extended nestwestwests.wrests. s. The BatBa-Dat- -¬ . Dat- EstherwestTheat.at lot1st BatDatBat-Daft talionwastaliontal10ftttalion was next on - talon in the ETTET.BRUUCKETTETBRUUCK. stallion line .rRhighhibl h ground southcouth80uth ofor ETThLDRtJCKETTLLBRUCK- . The.The 3d Battalion waawasWada strung on out to the left in three tow-townstowntowns-. , < with a companyoompany plus heavyteavyhef1Vtea.vyh AbbyBBvy. wweaponsweapynsweapon.sheapeap consonns ns "! . in eacheaohLeah . I Company was ata-at-atF-p-atP- FELIXEULENFEULEIEULEKFEULENEUGLENA , XK Company rtfultelierapule' uswuswas at MERCIMLRZIGMERZIGLURINGRZ1G andWldW'ldWeld L Company was GUSUHOSBUUSGRUS(KOiKO Blo-BUSBOU-BUUS . ( useSSSee.. Map D ) See The regiment spent the' day preparing defe-defensivedefensive- positions . nsive During the day the enemy probed with patrols butbut-out- ; did not attackat tack . Ic81YEarlyIc81.Y). W a- ' in the eV811ncevening! the repellantreregllQSntiiaentizaentgiant wasS RtatRt-at-aAt-tt--¬ ) ttached . ; ( ) tachedached to the 9th Armored IvlaionIllationiivifionii.vifion1Jlvlo1on . 106(106) This actionIlctionDiction warWR-Wor-WRGWRIGHT. kgroup broubroughtBbroughtGbrou , about by'by an nn vtt.? JJ brobroufht).ht ' reorrear InitiationBnizitiont11zfttlont11zf.ttloniz vt ion ofo f Allied11111edhiedhiked forceforceaforces and aQ .-ralAl'Al'-ra-l'A-zee.ze-.zee.zee-' - . roLipln . ;trouplnstrofipinitroupestraipsingAtrouplnsetrofipini:oxlip,; wiwithinthin Third AnaAnayArrayArmy . At noon on 20 MicrobeioccriberIocoroberDoctorateDocoraber) 8a ne-nestnewnew-; ',' } boundary uetwtJf3n , wfound between Firstgrist and Thirdl'h1rd AnnieAMraieAM'raieLaramieAl-Jr1te- : s8is , w11eh gasga-Willist-s- wfound rirst lh1rd AlJr1te' which also servedservedgasservodservo io-ili-iliS stheshedSthe . ; thelite dividingd1vidind1.vidin , between XTTTNT .AnnyArmyA.rmy }:, he dv1d1Yld.v1d1Yl' ;{ line XIXtIXII Any Group in thetlioClio south undXIA-undand '/XI-/XI-. XI.XI. D-XI-.XI- ( = ArmJA.rmJArmyA.rm"JrrayArray l1roG roupcroup.\ . Armiary l1ropp\p in the northnotchnOJthnOJ"th" warwaswn )astablieshechstab11Bhe . stun (fi. : Guiana vY-'O'pt-,' testablished It tin'tintunt'uni'im iieiiHiS.HiSbtt anduiiaund YOptIftJstGiftsY'O'-'O'ptIf'tJstIf'tJs-' al-at-' " . HOTT( ) '} i ptthrough flTTP'A1JIZHOTTf4AJHOTHOTTf4'AJ'ALI . ( D ) thoughthroughtthrough flTTPA1JIZIZ (8-88See MPMRP, Gorp Incriminate pl1T"ti ' " (888( -, 4p. VIII CoraGopCorpaCorps becameIwciiaebecwne pl1Tti1nartar'trt" ofof-lo- ' 8 'fh1rdfh1rdThird AmrfA'mrfArmy and 10MloMt Ifcs1 8 un-- ( ), : ftier Barf lotloniLont 'itsIcst ununtsunitsaunts' ts north (ifof the lfILatEatEwllfJWIILW'line11nt toAYVIIItoVTXI-to AYVI-AYVIII)\VTX-\VTX-VIIIVIII- ' , ! ' AirborneIAirborneA1rboI'neA1rboIneIIAirborne CoptCorp8CorpftCOlp8COl'p8 . ArnyArmy there. : ."' )t .: aTX: ' Third then moved III CorpCarpEorpcorp to LOUtLOUSatanaTXandTXJ'J ant-and-Ant-andRa-Rn-RndRand ' ' ' " ' ' ' " thetnhemdthentedon. d1vld1.vl. i1n ' 11 e b n f1X8(1 the d5vidira6d5.vidira6dividing line between ft ,andmd iilIGorpaiilI"GorpamilligramVI J Corps waaWadaW B f1X81( . It VIIII vas fixed as8S Uietolestole ' . . . , << . .. . > . Ui . " . , . . . . > . . ' L.L., Y . 1.1./ . . . ..Ow. . "- .' .,> < . - , " *' .,Ow ,II '"*. -t-M ! . .. ) ' ARfJN-HAS'J'OGNEAKLONALTONAKLON-BAART40N -IASTONASTOGNETONETOGNE' HIGHWAY ' t BarfARfJNHANSONHASJOGNEHAS'J'OGNEBA ' which runs north and south . rh'rhheihe'iheThe. . l09th109thl09th-109th-IIt waswaewade It InfantrrInfantryInfant on the III CoraCorpsCorpaCorp . sideaide oforo f thisth1 . new boun-boundar-boundarybounclary , ytherefore darytherefore , it was attached to the 9th AArmoredordor.dFord. Division whi-whichwhich- had 8180 Doorplate ( ch also JetJuetjust becomebeoome part ofor III OorplCorps . 107(107)) ( See taDKaMap) > DD-T- ) Thus the DiY1e1onDi'Y1e1on 1 . pan- hus 28th Division' lost itst last188t etfectiveeffective rfts1J1entregiment andand-ban- .waswaedage.. aaand das reducedreduoed to osoosnd.ndoooo.ndoo-.ndmoonedoonttandcontained ofot the battered reunantsraanantarexinanteremnantsreincarnategrandaunt at SIBRET-SIBRET.-SIBRETSOBRIETY . The .- boundaJ7boundary changesohanges andend regroupinjregroupingreregroup111troupingrouping ; didd1d not atfectaffect the 29th29th- D1v181oDDivisionDiviaion in1n rebarrebardregard to itsitaKita beingbetngbeating under the CancuncoacaundcommandcomawndHammondaommwnd ofor VIIIVIIIX-VII-VIII- I106(106)( ) 18A-18-X1S-X1S1S , p . 6a , 1T 107(107)( ) A-llA-11A- , p . 181S18.-18a- , | . ' , . , , ...... , i _ . . . . . _- 11. ' iii . . . iMgtfalightaiMgtf., far.far.--.far.i. ."uiyiiTiri.u.iyiiTiriu.iyiiTiri. ii"ii" " .taigattagattag.a g < _. .111* ".nwav"nwav"1 W( Rl . TS\wiH\ . .iaiaiii_ &- r' ' 1 Jj"I--" . IT _ 'JI'1W R . . : . i. ... :arllA rrirr -=:navel w TSwiHwish ':" !";WWIWIUJiWIU.JiW.IU.J&iir :. ., ' JjIJj"IITJimJj"I- '"JI1W" . - ...... " . :1l5&.& . . . . . - ' ' CorpCCoraCorpa!p'p sII . 2Q ' MeanwhileMeanwh11. , on 20 December , the divisordivisiordivision* CP att SISI13RE-SI13RET5inPET-3P* T , . 1b Q 1 * > a < rout Tcontinued . timie 1 < rou - - > - b P YATipus * . men * . h UC : < " * . * * . h - rom . . Mgmt .Ab, 150 * * . , * . _ 4 < time _ n " continued * . k to have ' D.znei , . . , MMft w _fc . t . ut *. W . k Yard. 4p , . .. w . . < _ } * Dznei W . . . MM MMftfW . _ 1-w 'ipus,4, _ . __ P _. . . Wf fW* ., aroundf- UTwwt. ; ,Ab . . Zone* . * YAr QYIWM...... 2.f A.A hamarouamoroushamWMt aroufffc : Outwit! !w .A.. ' ... tr4y! Atriums'ipus4YIN. WiWci- -' - . ! ..t Mt !ff 1 .A ! t9' - unitunitsunitaunite pluspluapleuratthe!headquarterheadquarteraheadquarters personnelpereonnel manned a& road block Ju-justJujust-tt-o- . town . At 1000 wore stusutrideoutideoutsideoutrideout.ideoutaide of hours toythoythey were attackedottnckedottn.cked. .* TheirTher-Their- poeitionpoeltlonpositionpoltroonmosetting rapidly beanbecamebecbecanwbeck untenable andund they withdrew to he-thethe- notheisticsouthwestalthiestaouthwest , to AUXVAUX IHSLESLHSLEOSLI S ROSIERESCROSIERS . ( See MalMap) D ) Here thetheythey-., . two frond , By estestfb11establishedestf\b11estftbliRhed\ hedheed rondroad blocks northwoatnorthwestnorthwoDt of the town .* thisthir-thist- " imestiertime the toreforcetorce had welledswelledowellodDwelled to 500 nenmenneon GhrouGhoul(,UirouhBurroughsiouirou,;h the addition oforof- atrat4lersBficersfcratrt?( leraera.lera., from an asassortmentortortm n tortoreofor uniteFiniteun! t 8 .* The new men were rere-- . , bblehidebible) W :; ° = armedaredawedarwed duringdur1ngd.ur1ng thetn afternoon ., rithwithRoth rvailenailednvailEBraillerivailErivaled hie wEnronwhereonwentNapWnp'/npnp/ ononrnr' ., and ter-theythey-trep- nanny_ dewy . n!nAnntrnannedmannednednned' the secondBecondAecondBeaconed roadblock .* The daydeyde.ydwydefy. enderendedendertendleevendee with thethothou defende-defendersdefenders- - wa, . ; c ; ) . (Conanrer111 : : .. & ; 41.: . ( ) atofrs' both blocks wGltlntgallantwaitingtin.tin; for the eAiectesderadicatedpctpectfpectec1) Connerxnnninln ttttctaEttatc.tatt.tetcttcltt&cltt&cl(108)-tt&cl-k * 108(108)(108-108-lOa : : , ' ; , jrwr.c di4w44M I fi! . ' , : , . .. , . ; . : It)It did nonotnofcnockt :jar.rc ter1allzterialfziterlalisetrellisedterminal dupdwinEdwinduptn 21l1 ThrillerDthfllraDeca ': :.! tesrtees" r ftftif'tihnclenclnd: tct.ctr6tr.6:: etchersHeftie-eftncersEffacersJeftucersJeftucers-iftftITT.iftft:etche-eftncers-. nearsnuersnuers-numer- . " . , ' :.!; Guider orbit. , Alex relightsYll < ; . r1tH 1A.nS rstotGotatorstot theirthe1rUieirthe1.r ffirstrBt.rBt fiLhtsfightsn1j1tsnjnij to eleeImeleesleepBleep. In1n alxsix rlihtsnl,htjhthtehate * he'heThe['her1tHer"erGermansernmnsansHans1AnS. truc-atruck-truc-trucktruck-: on 22 JecembcrDecember aridflndfindfl.nd.nd plansDylan) werwearwere,. madenadnada ® ovaoiiyeVC1aluvapidity ) fcionfaction to- kerearly . )eccsnborMeccano ylan : foror vaultevaaut' . iontiontrios to + ; ' CTC.T ' NNEUFCHATEL' : lotto. , ' . TyrellTlrECllTlrE'Cllt1FCHATEUFCHATAT11AV' . .ltTl.tT , iy m leA :; southwest8)1lthwc : . ?she LoT(.C: raan at- ¬ !J ' about six Mllemilesmllefl to ththe southweitsouthwest81lthwceouthwe() t * 'HtIht'I'htTlioClio) iiiciC ! ran atat-- c1 ' ; :)', . JESUS. ., -. Y- tack was overwhelmineoverwhelming and the CP eV8CUOeV8.CUOevacuatedt to :.NauruNiUrUJEUN.iUr'UN.iUrUJ.EUT: UFGIUiTI.AUFGIUiTIAUFGIUiTI.A.-(;ATbhTIbhTI-ATLATTLAT ..- , -. hi . ° : ® - , , . r-' a-b- ; fl'heYh' defending ; . :.- , r- r .a rpttTheft fleeflheTheh defendingdefendindefendinforedefendin-diefendin :;, foreforceforcoo follofollowfolloredfolkloreexhortedhortled horihortihortl-hortl:chortle ; t ireicreororcore r'ere.ftre.ft-r'efuture.ftr'erptt!fttrt ; rThfRothr ThfTherptathe) defendersdefenders-ddefend-defenders"-'t'ende1'-tende18t'ende1'8' ' .ft -" - . ' - ' " - - - 8Ee.d"Qriii'. - ' pCFyipacify1'OC11amt81OC11amt8surface -def-syusi-ve- - . j . . ( r; . fctofacto wri-writ asrfce p.oe - cjjjirt . . wri . -Ee.d-"QriiiTormedStormed® d p asrfcedefsyusivedef-e poe ) . bd-b _ . -fi'ac-TorMrifi'acTorMri 'a ft bd-be-.- hacf pea .town Qriii"QriiiTorMriEe.dQriiiers !" a iieriiaeteriieriiaeterdefeiieriiaeter-hierolatry' sushisyusirlef8nlke'rlef8"n'lkedef' vei-ve' .peaiToulonosUlonosUlon-osUloncjjjirt1Jln1J.ln tht..thtthat twintowntDwn.tDwnribwribdbdby-ben-by.-: ., . . . . , . Ee.d ' ' . fi'ac ' . 1 : " ' . ' \ , Eed e \ " ' - , fiac , . l\l\1 Fiji ( u Moorparkte ; . ) def C : . ' U- nighted1g . (109) JWeanwMeanwhilevethe ..1 OorpaCorpsrljarlj'araja C1CP &t& .) . . \.L.U\) . fii . , rirr ;Ud- . VIII1 nightdightht 109109)109)h11109)uJeanMeanwhileh11 , ttheb VICVIICVIIVII-VIIZ rlj'all\l\#'" tatat u.ul1.u.L.U'\WLUL.U.L.U d d . FLORENTINEFLORENVILLE on' previouaprev10ul .,_ TlieTire1e isplacedd1plaoedd1.plaoeddisplaced to ithe previous evening Lie lOstcoll-lOlst101stlOlst-101st-lOlat- arboneAirborne Division had arrived in ASTUTEBASTOOTEBASTOONEBASTOGNEBASTIONED on the nibhtn1bhtnight of 1818- DeceberDece.berDecember. andaDd by now .waawasWada8.8. surrounded and isolated in ndendandnnd arou-aroundaround-erowx1-erowx1dorotu-oround- ndthedthe town . On 252S23 DeaderDeeaberDee.aberDecember. the 28thS8th DIv1a1Division. on, agonistaoneistinQOn8i8t1consisting ofor Braatra8trdatriaBtra ;i1ersi1ersf-;16r816r8-lerB-perf- fromromtromtromporm at leatlea.tleastbleat. tifteenfifteen differentdirterent unitsunite , pluB.boutpluspluBplumb '-bout.boutabout-.bout. 500600 men frofrot-fromfrom-. thehed 110th110tb InstantIntantrrInfantry ., waswee givenivengiven the mission of setting up a rere-.*- ( loS4 ) AA-fiA-U- ., p . 2620 1I11109(109)( 109 ) AfiA-lUlft18leftA-lftA-18- ., Exhibit' D-D . - _ Ij A . _ . _ - 4. ' .4 " . II JIWIWO U ...... l . _ . . . _ . . " . . . ! _ ' ' . . -L . . . , . " . 4 . . eevsrevs . . . h ' . . , . .t -L - Si ' 7WiI - ...... ' . " ' . . " j .I t . :I ' . . . " . ' " " ...... " ' ...... ' " . . , . . , l. . : . . . . , ...... " . . _ . . . 56 . - . . . 0 . ' - ...... tL - . : . . ._ . . - . " . . . " . . .P . . . . . P " . . . - : , . ' ...... po.po . . - . ' ...... " - . '- - oonnalaaanoeoonnaiseanceoonna18snoeoonna18s&noe& BarenBar.enBarrenscreen. from NEUFCHATELNEUFCHATEAU to LIBRALIBRAMONTLIDRAMONT ., 110(11-(110)(110)-110-( ) ( sew0)sewSee Map D ) The 7thnth Tank DeDestroyertroJertrouper OroupGroupCroup patrolled left orho-or- tromp northrnwort fronfromtrom there *. ThisHlThlThiThai . patrolling aot1v1t1activity , plueplusplume reorgani-reorganiza-reorganizreorganieareorganizareorganizereorganiea-- . . . . . " . . . . ." . 1W " ' ' ...... - " ' . . - - .> < - . ' . , _ .- ' ' ' " . " "O . . . " * w .. _ ._ _ Uti-ze a ot ?a . &iKblinkblot,& bi6bi"6y-o, OxxUf1wdT2iUf1wd'T2ilJtalt d 1ae'al'a1vta1.vtVt6l6Vt6l6-1.bn 't ti f . t1bt,1b6-\t,1b\iKbl. "oy' " } 1aeali . ' T t!iaiae zationthrough the 26th of DebarDeoberDeo.berDecember. .* BJBy:thiethisth18thief time ththe. GGerman. an effor-effortsefforts- - ' 1nnthininthts1n'th1n-'thin- ththe'. area were6concentratedconoentrated on1111)11) cracking the defensedefeneadeferbesdeferensdefenheadefen&ea& ofor thethe-te- 101et101stlOlet A1rboAirbornee Division in1n BASTOGNEBASTIONED'. The main OeGermanan effo-effortsefforts- ller . rtswere directeddireoted to the northwestnorthweet , as planned , and on contain-oontalnlngcontainingcontaining-oontalnlng- ingThird TamaracksArmyattacksArmy attacks from the south .* The 28th DilationDivisionDivlQion cannot be consideredcons1c1ered, suocessfulsuccessfulauccoaaful in its1tfiiso-1tfi-itso-its-bis- - " ! ( ., .. . 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This , in. spiteapite of the fact tntthatthnt rrcir-.cur-cir! isecup-superEcupercupercuper-cuppersupe-uporpoorupor-upo-supp- -¬ ortertorrid was . t toriiorityiosityrtoridioriteriorityty orBourBours ' ' 2 . TiiTipi1ijE1.ijE1 .. GERMANJWlOl1JJowlOl1J\JWlQKKMAM; Surpr-SURPRIS-Surpri-SURPRISESURPRISE- Thepersee fratfiratfirstt1rat\ iaportantimportantportantportent requisiterequiaiterequ11terequ1.1te. vhichwhich the OrneanionHorneaonioanaO © * . had toto-te- ' , nureenlurensuretenureensureenaure fortortore the ARDENNES drive W8W"8waswaaWada" erupteurprtBarriesurpriseaurpriBe8 . Had the Ameri-AmericansAmerican-AmerlCameralAmcricftn-clnana-un- canslearnedlearnodslearnedalearned ofot the German buildup and deduceddeduoed itsitaKita intent1ntent UitheUie oper-opera-opera- sar-shar- saas . , . . _ , 3898 . < . . . . " ' . , " ' " KAJkA . % . . - ' . . . rrer ' bJBBON1 11:1* ' . . _ & _ T 1I11I'1 i . _ . . WwMrWwM.r'W.wM.r. r; :. KtK'tt' .bBII 11:. :- . Ll.Ll. _ - . . . _ 14wwo14w.wo:1.4w.wo: . 'WW : :.- Wl"W'l':"; ! ' .-. . 1 JL _ . . . .r- _. _ -K -. y INwrrwINw.rrwIN.w.rrw. -r r - I'I . . . M M rr- ' J"'J ationt10n would probablJprobablyprobable have . Even with- ' tionion failed before it started with surprise the penetration was tinallyfinallytonally containedoontained and eventu-eventual11eventual11-eventuallyeventually- allyrushedorushedcrushed . Therefore , it is11 logicallogioal to oonoludeconclude that had H-thethe- elleneelement ofor surprise8urprise been lostloatbloat in the buildup ststagege the offenottenoffen-otten-offendosten-gotten-¬ siveskive would have failedtailed in early stagestagesstagee. its . . , . , ...... __ ...... - . , .. ' . . .. -. . - - - - . - - . " ' ' ' - - ' .. ' . . . - . __. . -. - ' .. ' _ ShCr -w 1) - . ,_ _ ._ . . . Scar lretBved neTdFaSn'e'TdFaS . .n . In- " - ShrewShCrww wnwnlretBvedwn-ft TrteurTarterTrt'e"urretted" Oneidas1) :,n the miraculousmiraoulous- In ' rir spitespiresp1 te of Allied air euperior1tyandsuperiorityeuperior1tyeuperior1ty-- and normally eff1c1efficientcntcant 111edAlliedAllied-iMlied-111ed- 1ntel11benceintelligence agencies' the lianas(JermanGermanliennansgermane. effectedaffectedet1ectectet'1'ectect' ' the required buildbuild-Du11dDu11d-u-ouil-Gou-ouild--- updldp and launched the attack with a minioumminimumm1n1mum of leakleaksleaka .* The slursursur-a-pr-aur--- prlseprisepraiseparseuriseaiseura was 80so complete that American front line un1tunits fer-were-were . tAltail ; hftriechelon- rulingJellingreelingJeelingJ.eeling under the impactimpRotimpOrt oof the attaeiattainattlCKattacKatt'lCK floraebeforebflforebfl.fore. totiiftirTrinitronsirAir hig-higherhigher-hlh1 tArhat-thArthAr-:haf-hftr- ' its ' herchlingsechelons knknowkneww an attack wasW8S on or forthcoming. ' '' .' ' \ ' . ' ; : ' >- ' . i1 ' ' -x-t _ :.. . ..I '.ijO.i/jO. . } :; (. V i- - . * 1t. t . I . i.i1i.1ijO/ ) iui.uV'll'l\'li On 16 December "iet/ieLieLneL"neLynne/ 28th DiviaionDivisionDlv1810nDivination manned aft frontl-frontlinefrontline- ' , HRH , ¬ ineabout 2526 miles long . tIts centeroentrenter. regiment hadhHdhead lost onone. batbat-- taliontal10ntalon to divisionrt1v1alon rAservereserve andnd , thusthuthou , had only two battalio-battalionsbnttl0ionsbnttl0ions-bRttqlionsbRttqlions-bflfctbuffet i on-ons- withwinssiteth which to hold about 1516 ofor the 2526 milesm11e of front . PbsThisPbtsThis-Pbts-Patsi-Thirst- is1sesieier a flagrant violation ofot ththe Dreceptsoreceptsprecepts set forth in mili-militArymilitary-militAry-railitftry- tarymanualmanualemanuals concerning defensive frontages . It conclus-concluslve17concluslve17-conclusivelyconclusively-conclu- . . ;Fatese .wisdom!HimHiom fchefiche . xnanualsemanualMRnua1MR.nua1 ' oonoentconceptsconcep-concepts-conoepta- ivelymustn'ttubet9nt9ttubet9nt.9t!tubet9.nt.9tmubstantsivelysubstantiates' the i.i of ththe militarvmilitary Nanas. Monetconce- tsofpt defensive frontages . The 23th28th DivisionDivi8ion front was too log-longlong- oto be held by one divisiond1v1alon againstaga1nat a strong attackattaok . The 110th110th- Intantr1Infantry wwas.. forcedforoed to adopt a defensivedetensive positionp08ition consis-consistingconsisting-cona18t1ngcona18t1ng- tingmainly ofot a series ooforf trogonstandpointsetrongpointstrongpointsetrongpo1ntee . Mutual 8upportsupport .88.88was notno-not- tedand couldoouldGould not be maintained . DeteneDeten.eDetenteDefense. in1n depth was startledsaoritloedsacrificedsacrific-sacrificed.-sacrificedT-. Theheed reultre.ultresult. was inevitable against an attackattaok in toreforcetorce . 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'IDO.SITtONnle heThenienleniceNile 2d8d battalioninitiationiiattaXionUalta11on ', 110th InfantryIntantry .waswan.8. ordered to relieveM-relie-relievrelieverelieveA-. 8 reli- CARJACKMARHAOKMARNACK' eveARNACKARHACKMARSHAMARINAverRHACK upon ititsitaKita. return to rea1aentlrea1aent.lregiaentalregimental. control . 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Q ., , .. < \ h1.chh1.c'hi.ch ac ware R ,; amble wt,1.chLich AV thflttheft MotifOtld Wrapwere- 1nh1cbh1chich' it unrulyactuallynrtunllytuall7 waBwaRswab , \taRatableRaTnble/aTnble/aTnbleatonable, amblamble. in rmachwt1chwMchwt1.chichi.ch oftenftvenevenn thethft oddsOtidfOld WrraWrra-werewhe-; unknovmunknownreunto ., ' ' ' " ' ' '' ' " ' t- ' > Elli.l.l'i * . 'ji'i'totbiimitating: ratty* idly 1'i11"LTipi "i11 .I t / . . llil.li.. jMfcAj.MfcA iJUiFijiUtULJJ1fkiil8.tUtULJJ1fkiil8tUt.U.LJ'J:1fki"il8.t. jiitotbi. " . urvrUf Kita}j.KtlUj.K\tlU.KVLL, ilY Etui1i11LTii .. 1u 'rlii11iUl 11airier; I. lHdirt la'V rttKta \ Tui rli liirir: alitirt_ *_i' 'V . : ., jKtlUj.Ktalus;KV lIJ 'ilri _\ VWIV WIwig) GosaincnyGeomancy. , 1 , In-IM-11..11 Whenhenen 1.E CadencyCoapDnyCompanyCoapD.ny of the l09th109th infantryInfantinfantrywasInfantry'! was Isolatedolnt6d In FettleFUEH1FUEHtlENF EHJEH, SI the regimentalregimen'tal' confinercommandercomnfiindercOlD118nder attempted to relieve it . H-HeHe- eneldhndhHdhandHRH the letlotIBIIBID Battalion in reserve at ADIEUDIEKUOHDIEKUCH , plus elements otofof-ot- theherten 70th70'th707th' Tank Battalionnattal10n Available fortortore the aiasiontillalontillablemissiontill.alonaviation. . HHe. utiliutili-utilizutilizeutilismutilize-utilityutilism-utiliz-mutualism.-¬ ' ded .A.A CopanrCo.panrCoplanarr'onnpanyCompanyronnpanyrampancy. pluspluapleura homeaoue00118arouse tankantetankstankatantea for the operation and railedfailedfail-failed- .* B . .* .* Thened he triedtr1ed CroatianCoapanrCoplanarCoaipanyCompany with saloeaoaeaaodeaae ttanks Again he failedfai-failed- ElElementsled. nt8 of hish1s reconnaissancereoonnaissanoereconnaissanoe troop eventually got loo-closeclose-0108e0108e-oloae- senenough to Isee.. that 5EB OmenOompenCompany., had been overrun . 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