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ster the
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frcontinuous "The enemy does not have a oontinuous line of fThe enenw renew to say, " lders aboutaborosista.ooecresistance. rosista.ooec rosista.ooecHe carries on defensive battle from strong points about resistance . resistance. resistance reesias rostiest rosiest eesias
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relativelysrelativelyIn the most forward line , relatively relativut well-developed positions Thesplaoed developed strong seourity elements are placed in we11-developed positions.. These Thstrone trone security stone ely we11 prong attacks anrong rong barong e\rong attaoks systematioally eseourity esecurity elements yield systematically in the case of rbrong a.ttaoks Aseourity security eses
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and
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sectors , localities
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Paespecially anti-tank and speoially specially antitank andtanks and tank destroyers and heavy weapons , takes
mortars form the backbone.. backbone ndora
severalStronger reserves are in positions several
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as villages or
centr"'lly at centrally located points , centrlly ' tullyare fully tully main highways doin forest patches near doing highways.. They a.re fully.
infantrycintantrycintantry in motorized , and are committed in. combat groups of two to three infantry
ntry
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infa-
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this
that the
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. a.n "oould consequently develop an Gould oonsequently dhold ndout oould could
To ly
on
th.- . theGerDan German the Western Front , the Germans scraped the thth.
barrel
and
The
final
German order of
battle
nor
ste the
ad of
or 11onsohau to Nervier twnorth on an East-West line running north of Monsohau and Vervier toHonshu
form a blocking fore force foroe ofer
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all
to
a
to
penetration
infantry divisions
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this
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SS
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this drive ,
wewe de-
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left flank
to
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Apache troops north of the Aachen area which were attacking and threatening; attaoking threateningthreateninethreatenine threatenia.nd CC'logne Area. . theCologne reaoh ' reach the CClogne plains and then the Ruhr Industrial Area , the th.
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SituatioSITUATIONSITUATION
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On On 14 November
1944
e 394th from Engla after a hasty trip from. England , the 394th_
Regiment of
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hanandand
Germ- GerGear Gel.Belg1w1 ElGerbetween Belg1w'1 Gel. border "between Belgium' and Gel.- . Ger Gel
Sigrid Sigr-
id
hilly ,
broken dbrake
terrain.. terrain
2nd
and
like the
Battali. '
on
thinly through
terrain.. terrain
) of osterone flank of the 394th Infantry and also the southern fla.nk ofsrUthern southern flank offer e last ten so-oalled the 99th Division in a so-called reserve area entered the 1st Battalion , lst coaled oalled called
tormingstorming formingforming 394th Infantry with the mission of protecting the open flank and torming Infa.ntry miss ion proteoting storminformin.
so
g a limited
reserve.. reserve
To
the south
alry
Group
day.- * daysdays contact day with the only oontaot being; by motorized patrols two times per day.. dada-
onto
ys other forces were in forgoes No foroes out hindorance.. hinderance. hinderance hindorance hindrance
The
this area
a 8
was
abortion aggressive patrolling and in the First patrol action , the 3rd Battalion , notion aotion C.O. Co L were
vhile action agaaotion against killed ,while performing patrol abortion againstGvile
erman units in the So igfre id Line.. German digress Soigfreid Line Seigfreid Sigrid
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torrain he terrain
was , as
SW-NE deep BITE followed a dominating heavily wooded ridge line running SW-ITE with deepITE SW
ndfall
NE
that could
over-
do
flank- flankoontained fla.nkflankfla.nk self contained small units. Supporting fla.nk- flank units.*
va iron protective firos tram final protect fires from protecti ff firs
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and
sup- supThis crossroad was the hub of the only sup orossroad all
' ; supplies f'or the regiment had to for reliment
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overmovmove
ground dominated
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te
the key
or Deoember On 9 December
Battalion , 394th
and by ed
aments ments
King
oover Gould oloth- oould cloth- over in the area , the troops could sleep under cover , repair booth olothclotholoth cloth
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of
all
. weapons. weapons *
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battalion
was
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ish
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ith
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The
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lion
position
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was
lightly held
and
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, toed _ . Pjvis1.onC.G * --to- send Pjvis1onCG to aend Pjvis1.onC.Gto Pjvis1.onC.-G snd Pjvis1onCGto Divieion0Q.to amend Pjvis1onC.G * Divieion0Qto Pjvis1.onC. DlvisionJVG . -to sand DlvisionJVGto Pjvis1onC DlvisionJVG levision toaend
Division
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rifle
In- oamp oompany reinforoed company reinforced to the 395th In amp InIn
gantry which was north of the 394th Infantry to reinforce them as they n Roth theyfantry whioh reinforoe rth heSe1gfTeid1ine Se1gfTeid -1ine Seigfreid-line posit tionB attacking strongly held positions in the Seigfreid line posi tomb Seigfreid Sigrid -1ine
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were wer
online
line
. Oompa.ny Oompany Company
Sigrid
this pr L p'r _ P f f
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Comp M wus Was us first machine gun platoon of Company M was eirs maohine bey 'bhe bhe 395th Infantry as regimental reserve. regimenta.l reserve. the he te
.
many and
.
varied during; the following two weeks.. Thus weeks* durine urine
one
we
Batta.lion.. Battalion, 394th Infantry minus toon holding an open division ton - ion reserve. ( ) (16)) onion reserve. (15) ( scion oion sion -ion ion 15 16
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rifle
and
oompany company and machine gun Apia pIa- pla- plan pIapla\
flank
KAt 0530 hours 16 December 1944 , the Germans ca3rnnenced commenced a two hour hourAt houck houro Deoemb hour Deemr
multi
south to ved
barrelled barrel
fall
nimbly projectors which ooncentrated nninly multi-barrelled dmultibarrelled rocket projeotors whioh concentrated mainly
ea last area Losheimergraban oroa Losheimergraben corona in th 1st Battalion area the lst
'bhe elemi NT 'bhe on elements of the 3rd Battalion.- * elem nta Battalion. Battalion. he
Battal-
' died About 0930 hours , imindentified troops appeared ied unindenti1ied unindenti1'ied unidentified unindentif
on the ds tIle
ion
at about
Company L was
astride.. astride
prevented definite recognition of the approaohing elements but presented reoognition approaching
y L
outposts a short while later definitely established the fact that 1e fagot thatfaot heatenemy and so
it was
on and
macro a olosed determined the enemy was in a. closed route maroh column formation march formationloosed formatimaximum
to achieve aohieve
Comp Company L
fully alerted
and
Upon
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-
'by by
appr ohed , they did' not" change 'formation' and did - "have apr heed th ; did not h e formation and' didnot -' 7ieV6did'not" 'formation'and'did.n 7ieV6 didnot formationanddidn tdidn't -not approached and'did. :8.ft bandied t:8.ft did not anddid 8.ft not formation and'did.-n have didn't t8ft
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pekoe ot to a high piece of terrain that overlooked pieoe overlookedoverlookenenemyextended the right flank of Company L . As enemy en L, L encir'
formation t 8ft
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to confine
him
banlonont. ban1ancnt. balmment ban1ancnt bankment . ban1ancnt. banlonont banlonont. ban1ancnt bankment blanket balloon
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ean . tv/o oompanies an estimated two companies were writhing 400 yards of the lea.d elements.- . / vrithin lead elements* within elemenelements.
tv o
ts
As Company L opened
& the A&P platoon also AP
and
.
fire
right flank ,
' enemyss lef't enemy enemyt ' formed formerenews enenws the enemy's left flank and formedenenw's
a devastating boxed d
Compan.y Company
.
ng the
mvn own dmvn down damn
firi-
andand complete the enemy was taken by oomplete surprise maene11\Y ene11 \
.
on- neuvered an undetermined but heavy number of casualties. About oneone suffered oasua.lties. oasualties casualties. Nehalf half eal
Y
A
in the
gun
. bo.x box
57mm AT 57nan
severseveral firing at close range scored severalhigh power line rela.y tower about relay
.
g
As 30
the
enemy
Germans
ns
was
restrained
fire
ps the Once
pense of about pens
rno no
ex were troops vrere stopped , they withdrew but at the ex- reared exex
poor Little or'
war and prisonors prisoners of vmr aml numerous casualties. mr amyl casualties. oasualtie
(
. . . was observed D.nd BlJoH' intimated reorganisation obeervecl Dandy Bloch intime.ted reorganiza.tion reorganiza.tionobeerved and such reorganizationreorganisationobserve Dnd such' intimeted reorganization reorganizati-
attemptingoorrect attemptilater proved to be correct , and in attempting positions th enenw itions airlrailrenew flank pas pitons , the enemy sent a patrol down the rail
line in a ine
nlagen large
to the southwest
aa in a-
bowl like
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enemy 'again , the renew suffered heavy casualties but in this abortion the the.again enenw gain oasualties action theaotion he-
platoon
:=
wa was waR
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edoaand hasty interrogation of .8e r PjTHs _that _were oaptured capturedoapturedcapturo--L Deseveral Ms at !, e captured Piths !t _ 8e L ed
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was one
12th
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hprobably 8emarch inarch oolumn probably explained the route inarching column formation and lack of se selaok 8ese lao se- 8e
At
this time ,
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it was
P1Vt FlY's FlYs the Flays were part of a larger force and the von Rundstedt all-out Undusted alloutalloutaed P1yt' s
out
No se
ap- apbefore ap
all ap
fallout
aa e e to be a-.
e-.
pearled peared
to be
ncnv now a local attack was nO\v determined or believed Incan \ 100a1 a be nO leaved ttaok
taco
lieved
a
aa-
o libre very heavy large caliber mortar barrage Davy h avy calibre lire
fell
on the
communing action Kent nd oommuni ation and telephone communication with regiment , butreg ent but Greg eomnunieation
means was
still
.Shortly after the hoavy attaok on Shortly h a heavy hoary attack anies
disin itsits
ramrods rardsyards400 yards Radrards
ya-
rds
nheld ane held
. battalion C.P.. CP
to the
; IM
NVY NY
and on the on
alternate route to
was
.
, an estimated -two companies a.ttaoked alJ egtinlated two oompenies attaoked heavily attacked by alJ. edtimated bwo oompe.nies estimatedtwo oompe.niesetiolated Bo companiesestimated compani.
temes enemy tr oops and though Germans oame within 100 yards of thefoamed came troops of the
and oa.sualties reoeive oasualties ble though the enemy did not receive heavy casualties
.
v.
and
Casualties to
Company
three
quarters
,
he
attaThe
ck initial
attack
on the 3rd
Battalion
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s.crong scrong e a and by e. sequence of scrounge probing action wad culminating strong abortion , -aad a optionedd aotion aad aotionaad oulminating
. .
amok e.t'' aok" aok"'on artache on attack"" 'on attack..on attack"on Akron aokon et aok attackon attack attack"
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attack
..
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approve to approe.oh Q th _ te approach southland southwest- of tb 3rd _Battalion . _That _- he would of approeoh approach-south-and O\lthwest L the 3rg. _ f! 1 southwest- Tb 3rg woulsouthwestof \ outh 3rdBattalion. _ That-he-would southwest 3rdBattalion Thathewouldlthwest
. __
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- . , , were south of this battalion for 8-10fOOO yards , there W9re no TJ . S , troops US . troo8-10,000 U.S. troops8-10.000 10fOOO 10,000 810.000 heo US 10.000 10000
ps
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south O and
approach
_ _
_
attempted to
_
lithest
sough tactios such taotics reoognized beoause in suoh tractions had to be recognized because to thethe tactics T-
rr
vrr off i
,
thehein the
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find
_
he
_
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would That
trails
.Action of the 1st Battalion to the north would necessarily play Action neoessarily playiation
a tremendous influence on 3rd influenoe
abortions aotions Battalion actions , thus ,
: .
efly
sun arize summarize ummarize un
ly arise
y A
& B
bri-
prorress 1at the battle progress on i 1.at part of the sector.. seotor. seotor sector that
,
iv
east of Losheimergraben
CompanyCompanen Compathe south flank of the 1st Battalion and the north flank of Company ny L6 yL L6
, there
in our lines
and
lpine oovering com- com- com approa.ohes approaohes line covering the easy approaches in this area , the regimental comm ender maunder mander
nder had placed the 394tJl Info ntry 394th Infantry Inf entry
and
platoon IR platoon..
& I&R
at about
' CompanysCompany'sCompanys 0700 hours the enemy attacked Company's Companattaoked Company
or seiziof seizing seizing-
Loshe ergraben at Losheimergraben very heavily with the objective Lose serrate
.
vital
outpostsoutpostoutposwere t.Initial assaults with tanks and infantry ware repelled but the outposts taru Initial taus & Co a r's workword' rs out of Company's A & B and the I&R platoon were cut off and further word ts Company IR si Companys
days was not heard from them tram
enemy
1n takingIn taking
taki-
ng thou ender than the tha enerj this position , tho enemy
Battalion
latter in
The
preca-
rious
moving moting
andand posit a.ttacks developing posi tion position with enemy attacks developin both north and south anaous ion
.
to be limited
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un- unaunununa Luna unIn time unless heavy reinforcements were disDatohed i whioh was Unu- dispatched which dispatchedwhich in un dis'Datohed dispatchedJ dispatched
,,! ') )9th Divipion reserve. , e Surd Srd alikely l1kelj.. because even the 99th DivifJion reserve. . the 3rd Battalion , l1kelj boca-e l1kelj likely boca 9th Division
{
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.
dispatched
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C.O- . COC.d. Cdaooordanoe In accordance with the developing threats , the Battalion C.O. C.d. CO Cd
NE and HE W
aJa to form a-
shorter line
and
regimentalright flank , thus ,. insuring better defense for the entire regimental regimethus ion fla.nk thus. sector. . sector sector. sector ntals
*
and
.
.
initiative
.
ohe.nge direotion from trom ohenge swinging around to change direction tromp Cohen
to
SWSW W-
to gain
onto
1st the southern flank of the 1stframframe fromon the road leading from fram Frafro-
Battalion
m F. . Buokholz n Bookshop F F
. -. highvmy.. TLosheimergraben..Bullingen highvmy LosheimergrabenBullingen highway This to the Losheimergraben-Bullingen arterial highway. ThisLosheimergraben
WE NE
his
.o ft.
;
Bullingen Bulling
Company
K
right flank
high
. southwest. southwest
lithowithbook to pull baok to pos ition in line with back position ion thou F Buokholz-Loshefmergraben-Bullingen BuokholzLoshefmergrabenBullingenhBuokholzLosheimergrabenBullingenorthwest of tho F. Buokholz-Losheimergraben-Bullingen the . BuokholzLosheimergrabenBullingenhwas
M
was
to provide
Loshefmergraben Losheimergraben
were wero
HOPIS ' handioapped OPs lank of OP's greatly handicapped by laok of'' Bops lao OPIS
Ira
ps
eland and
were digging in
complies
>>
at the
positions by
Infantry about
to send
platoon of
Compa.ny C Company IK
.
sough sucBookshop. suohsuchSohBuokholz. Buckshot Buckholz in the vicinity of F.. Buokholz Objection to such F Buckholz. Objeotion suoh
de toroe Gould dethe grounds that such a small force oould not de- tore could de
of' operationally pe.rtioulalparticularaoooup pe.rtioulalfend the area , to occupyr such a position would be of' no particularpe.rtioulal
.
parti-
cular
17
( (17))
advantage dvantage ,
A 4
A-4
1717
As
tLO\1' now above \ tLO outlined a.bove , the battalion was LLOIT ' minus LO
.
oon
.toon toon , ston ton
1' 1
ELLIOT
CompAX1f Company
Plat.,
amid ami" PIe- Plaami overruled'ami" the 1st PIe.Pla- overruledami Plax overruled 'and overruled' and PiPIe. PlaPIe overruled Pla
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patohed patched
toon , ton
by runner , reported
-
it
was
in position
improve
positions in the
pre
attacks.. attacks*
AT
it
dit was
up
ohanging.. ohanging. changing. ohanging changing sca.rce hanging forms.ti.on tho.t receiv changformstion formation was scarce and that received was very hazy and rapidly changing.- . thot receiv-cd hanghot receive
-
ing
Pla- last Plax oontact \vith \ Deoember About 3000 hours , 16 December 1944 , radio contact with the 1st Pla 2000 vith oontactvith itch lst Plamovinga.rmor CompatlJ toon , Company K was gained and reported enemy armor could be heard moving Compact moviton CompatlJ" Vl8S ng Jared Lanzcrath- app ared . Theo Lanzcrath observed. The but not as yet observed Tho enemy armor soon appeared on the Lanzcrath* Blanca
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cd
,
.
ButgButButvicinity But in the vioinity of But- in- from the south.. All situation in insouth in
contact
the
To
we
eneenemyenemy
my vms was
attaching at attacking
.
per- . . perC.O. company by a platoon or companythus the Battalion CO again requested per compe.ny.thus compenythus
F mission to withdraw the platoon from F ., F
vms was Bookshop Bubo Buo BuoKholz
manyrefusod.. Continued enemy armor movements were reported and many Marefused. refused refusod foryans ha.d a.round tanks had gone around the platoon and were bumper to bumper heading for
.
.
By 2200
heatthatwith infantry aboard had passed through their position and that
2230
fifty five
.
, the
last
SE
to
al1d and
ed
enemyenemattaoked enebalance of the night the battalion was not attacked but enemy
ma
mv MY Lanz erath-Hons fe Id Lanzerath-Honsfeld Lan be moving NW along the Lanzerath-Eonsfeld road and
Hones Lanzerath Hons Honsfeld earth erath Eonsfeld Enfield Blazer Hosed
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!'
\.'
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"
all
intact
.
.
.
and
-.
. . ..
.
andindand
With
daylight , the
enemy
1stagain attacked the 1st lotletattaoked lot let bombing , and straf'straf'i- strafistraf-' strafe strafstraf'
straf
ing
on ed
otofThe . attaok was again repulsed and the right and southern flank of aga.in ot The.attaok Heatstroke The. attack The
.
_
ten atta.ok her the regiment was intact* About 1500 hours , another attack attaok intact. intaot.. intaot
.
both the 1st a.nd 3rd battalions and further defense ba.ttalions let and
.
regimont proba.ble probable and the regiment was notified of such.. such
.
Loshe ergrabenBul1ingentfurringen Lose ergraben-Bul1ingen battalion motors were sent to Murringen via Losheimergraben-Bullingen Losheimergraben furring lberta Urine LosheimergrabenBullingenhighway ray hi vray as a
movement NE from Honsfeld by Honsfe1d
Hosed
,
the
.
trapp-
and 3rd
with- At 1630 hours , a message was received for the 3rd Battalion to with withreoeived
to the high-ground east of Murringen
ground high
nnd and nd
.
About 10 minutes
later an order
to thethe
1st Battalion
The 3rd
Battalion
.
now
M
, advanoeadvancethe battalion unite were withdrawing from positions and advanoe advance units yere ere
,
adv-
ance
waswaUrine it was
. highwa.y. Hishighway This.location , and appeared to be moving north to the main highway. This location
sing ion Urine south and west which was to be the 1st let heo
.
inform ..tion revealed that Murringen would have to be defended from theinformation the tha.t tion T-
'beak taker taskbeak taskupon with- withBattalion 394th 'takr upon with * task
The 2nd
.and being heavily assaulted and penetrated and was of necessity going goinassaulted-and neoessity goingassaulted
.
-
and
a.nd and
.
area.* area.
task
on the north ,
first
all
18
( ) (18)
A 4
A-4
l9
1919
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ub:
, ,
'
Urine ( See ) n\Jt Ra.tions days Rations had not been received for two daya and day n Jt ed to obtain them upon arrival in Murringenj, but about Murringen Urine
Map
C
\
it was
town
1300 hours
beer ber ,
that
Garman forces Gorman forgoes moving up from the German foroes theAn
T-
10lo- officer was dispatched to 10offioer lo10 lo / ' I' I and return with rationsand finally caught up with oaught vtith rations , and tithe wriaught with-
rations
J
'
/ '
them tten
,
f"roJn .the northtown iVom .the north northlfrond troika froJn i roia ion
"
and enemy
shelling
mowment moment continuous.* oontinuous.. choontinuous continuous. Further movement of thethe th-
tones vily
train
hailshea-
it
finally stopped at
IIIand III
S 6 4
,
supplioB supplied supplies of any type for two days and nights supplios nights..
ble - ' hen the Battalion S-416 S-4's S-4' 416s rd 4's 4s
on
a.nd and
.
.
&
thus the
A &
4' S 4
P
punition unition
suppunneoessary pla.toon distanoe supplyplatoon did much unnecessary long distance supply
needed tasks urgently needed..
Gould ha.uls elarus lhauls oould hauls and could not properly perform other
ff 1
.
-rh | ( ly rh 1.
eB< el
&
/ P J"
CP-
J
"
constructed road blocks would have onstructed blook look bookshelves blookhave
,
,;
as greatly as-
their hier
great deal to roads easily blocked* blockedblooked- . blocked. blooked. blooked looked
preparing battalion in preparing-
prep.
aring
nley ha.d had boon on a.d bean
.
Urine
outflanked
unable
enemy
it
a.nd soul sotJ-- 'because on the north and sou, - ' because the 2nd Ba.ttalionh'. Ba.ttalion BattalionBattalion sotJbecause sotJ southeaster Battaliso'
"'
so sot
an organized and
orderly withdrawal
Two
todue to
te
1st Battalion
. hea.vy heavy
left
as a
ee fighting at
a defense
Q e a
Q.. Q.
organizeorganizto organize
Murringen at Murringen..
Urine
er
was
20
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progress against stiff' resistance but this drive ooupled with the enemymproves coupled enemy stiff' resistamse enemenemEngel enel\Y enelYene\ enel
,
my
emy ythrust from the Butgenbaoh-Bullingen area in the south threatened thethrust tethe Butgenbaoh
enier
was
h8J1d aooord1Dgly Neenoiroler nt encirclement of the 394th Infantry 8J:1d accordingly a withdrawal NVT and Nw1thdra\Val NW \ .l Anwithdraw VT enoiroler enforcer w1thdra NV: .
hW h"W
Bullingen Bulling
'
+
Y
en-
wsroom "Wfrom Wfrom tifoam Tfrom Murringen by the regiment commencing from cormmenoing oommencing
Urine
'
*
at
Vall
"
f8WJeff eot darken ees * fewa f8W darkn Rees effeo't , an-1 'WLh eff effeot an WLh in effeot8HMUthse in darkness with visibility limited to a. few effect aM Walsh fevisibilit
et 1
looation location
and
penetrations were
enemy and
unknown and
luring Urine
.
friendly
mentor King upon boring Krinkelt ran antoX'ing on-boring entor' ing Kr ; antoXing Trinket anteing Michel
-
aborting through the vehicle drivers acting on their aoting vehiole ndhog
on iucelt
snow covered
vms was
.
into
difficult
snow-covered fenced
impossible.. impossible
was- accompliwas aceomplished.wu. accomplishedwasaceomplished. wu ace-omplished. acc'omplished. fields wa * acc'omplished.- * accomplished . omplished. comprised
shed
Convoy
Due
to the
ace
.
mingling of friendly and enemy forces from Jtoringen to Trinket , no 1erurringen o1lurringen nKrinkelt noTouring
wasbond o.nd waond ptioned pitohed battles were fought and with few exceptions the withdrawal was pitched exoeptions oticed
leadership. . leadership
and
ugh
Krinkelt Trinket
394tl1 394th 94tl1
throughhen a line running generally east and west through throdisorganized3disorganizedreached Wirtzfeld was Beached , protection for the disorganized Withed wa.s eaohed
/ Thong Vthon I/hen 1en
V .
Infantry
393rdwas afforded by elements of the 2nd Division and 393rd toContinued movement to
Infantry
. . enezr.y. enezry enemy Regiment which were holding the enemy. emery
te
easternarmaments Easterthe northwest found the remanents of the 394th Infantry at the eastern Elsenborn side of Elseriborn by 0700 hours Desertion tide Eleanor
19 December Deoember
1944
t al st
modal m Meal moal
in three
ge The
man anddays had acoounted for many men and accounted da.
upon
was wewa-
and a few
light
.
a8lit1m"m"jrt ( 8lit1mmjrt 81 upply.diBrrztohine gauge -and guns-and supply a "upply dis; machine guae --and two 81mm " mortars.. ' - " upply.diBmaohine guaeand mortars, nappy dais- garland npply dis upply d a runs.-and t"marts : upply.diB.
" . , .
B* had been relatively good but ae-- nearly rela.tive1y Benearly Be Beanery relative1y
; nee.r-mountainous terra.in near-mountainous withdrawal was through mountainous terrain and knee-deep snow , r
.
.
boost ene oost supplies. coupled ooupled with fierce enemy attacks had cost dearly in supplies. oupled rouped fieroe Rene w attaoks
cs s-\ \
hine
all
movement
during thethe
gr-.
l
deep knee
;/
'
'f f
'
MachineMachine Mac-
at their
weapons
firing untiluntil
".
'
1 ./
1-
the
poss ib 18 n ..nay ha.ving nay mt.ny atterlmutiny mtny astelast possible moment thus having to abandon many weapons Latter afteratter after 57rmn 57mrn image destruotion snrmy limited destruction.. Movement of the 57mm anti-tank guns over snowy imited destruction sentry riated destruotion. snowsnrm.
6 6x6 +;,
.
tank antiiwp-Wible and thustruqfc pr ruac. prig--mover ma. UJp11 ible ruac Plano .tr race mover w iwp tr .pr thru prig ma Wible Wile thus Iwo thus'
Q
.
q } prlrao . mover WU .UJp11 "ible a.nd thus&* .mover w& itnp7s3: dibble thrusthrusthus'. . -
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Elements of the 2nd Division , 393rd Infantry , a.nd 395th Infantry and 396th InfantryInfan.
were
try still
Belgium
I. ) I . vent3ng rent 3.ng venting
.
e
or ofNsuooessfully successfully holding near Krinkelt and north /with units orwith of northwith Trinket forthwith with /
moved up from
the
rest area
to counterattack oounterattaok
the
enemy from
and defend
in the
pre prpr
. * Divisions. Divisions
19
( ) (19)
was
urgently
homa
oonnnand oommand command onnnand ommand domad
99thof Major General Robertson of the 2nd Division , the 2nd and 99th
' .
and prepared
orgaorganize to organize-
, tIle Eleanor Heighths Eighths 4000 nize the Elsenborn Heiphths about 4,000 yards tm road junction twin Elsenborn.. (20) oad Elsenborn 20 Eleanor 20al
: tnwn irnvn of Irvin
19 December Deoember
'
hadhathat had
dean been
first
meal
in three
. enemy\ 11e1 noel . enemy. enemy nel went up and everybody was again anxious to stop the enemy. About
: !
'
n J
1000 hours
was
received and
we
thetefind the
King location fo11 ing looatiol battalions in the following locations.. locations arstains
The 3rd
.
, .
Battalion
was
tethe in the-
prams Dragprespraspras Dras. sector Drabs Drenorth half of the regiment seotor on Hill J5J3S? just east of the Drag nor ho.lf holf Dras Hill. Hill. 59
The
was
re- '' .sector and the'2nd .sector re = the2nd -607 sector Elsenborn nd the' sector on Hill 607 due east of Eleanor , a-nd the 2nd Battalion in re- re 991 11111607 ntals 11111 99.1
' .
-
' ;
MIRMIftor Misfit MitMIR. Miventer serve in the oenter of the sector a.nd 1000 yards to the rear of the MIft.. aarva MIR seotor and MIft enter larva
.
vas nor 39th rth 39 1 Infantry was in position north1 of the 3rd Battalion
.The The ten
and thethe
( See Map
C
324th Engineer Combat Battalion south of the 1st Battalion. Ba.ttalion Battalion. Enr.ineer Enrineer .;
.
19 A-3 ((20)) A 20
( (19))
A 3
A-3
22
. ' i ,;
'i.. . . .,. **
'
1
11-
rejoined
and the
consisted of nseless
.
Company
"
on the
.
tromp .trom arm .trom a neck of wOr."ds wOrds trom neok woods from ds from neo ster fr an
.
positions
outp-
osts
,
the
1500on a forbad open slope but 1500 1600 forward forvrard - 81mm 8lmm our front The 81mra mortars of ComCo- Com * front..
rifle
.
position
undandand
andand serve consisted of the few remaining personnel of the Ammunition sanoonDisted remaininc persormel
ba. re
stallion tta.lion
de.vmdawnde.vm devm and dawn dawdvm de.
ses
man a.nd and .nd
.
in position
on
- Dece beer Deice ber Durian .During During .Durin the night of 19-20 December , elements of Durin noir nir
.
:
19 20
.
.the : nur Divi.sinn Krinkelt throuEh inure the 2nd Division withdrew from Trinket through our Divisinn
.
lines
December Decelrber Deceirber tickling Declarer ba v Decelr.ber ai .in found. tJc.lion n 20 Deceir.ber again found the battalion in a front in tJclion , ith tams t -ood Pleural dofonsive t.hi t.imo itch utt time tMs timo in a..ood natural defensive position ,with thin this stood Iletural doc t.hi t ood Ile.tura.l dofcn ive tts ths thi od man vritIi thong equote a.nd \'ri th android and with more tho.n adequate artillery support.. Al support All thon equo.te a.nd'ri .nd viii than e quote 'ri andri ri
of
.
(;
. Timor
a.. \
.
' ::
()
dive
"
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e..
].
' forautOlnntio 'I'reapolW were anti-to.nk Firepower anti-tank mines , and automatic weapons' rare in position and prepared for weapon's rere foAtlantic IreapolW 'rere Tonka to.nk tank -the nerl cnemy attack.. About 2000 hours , 20 December the enemy launchedla.unchedla.unched rte ref the nearly launched rte next onemy attack the rerfc enemy a launchettaok. ttaok taco
. ',
anti
.
=
.
'
a. a. a d
: obstacle o.btack tremendous tank and infantry attack but tromendous fires from the 99th and obtack fran
.
2nd2nd
co.mpletelyco.mpletely Division Artillery batty lions lasting forty-five minutes completelycompletely battalions batt comple.
tely
None off of
the
; ..nks -uanks inks enemy infantry :{ oruanks were able toTuanks infantry drunks wore a.ble to nks infantr or yanks
.
forty five
be roach our positions and the screaming of the wounded Germans could beorah
da1"lmcss.darlrnoss.da1lmcsshoard tho remaining hours of darkness* r arraigning heard the rarnaining da1lmcss. darlrnoss. da1lmcss head thou rnaininG h0urs or da1"lmcss.. darlrnoss raininG
"
The
.
- December round continuouscontinuousrperiod 21-27 Docenfuer found both forces performing continuous
duals taking vioious patrolling with frequent vicious artillery d "ls takingls tak"
27 21
23
ing ing
Company
' Cflmpany Plethora. .of.Xampany. * f ." Flippancy Platoon oiCampany I and the 1st Ple.toor. oi'"Campany. Pletoor ofXampany
.
. . <
iceman Oxfam
.
r.eturned returned
.
3rd to 3rd-
! ' . L'sa.nd immediately LsSuDecember and inmedia.tely took over Company Ls L's inmediately
.
be'oming be '; om.ine pposition beoming position with the latter becoming; the battalion reserve omine ba.ttalion mine
.
on
the next
21 A-5 A
( (21))
25'i2523 25
(,
11 "
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The
division
war
commander cmmnander
comsomsome
to
our
assfront as
aintlier
ut
Germans Germane Gremlins Geraane was completely laok171gfll,, Gernlins * as ' con lately lacking. 'con 'o6 letely o6 commander
.
te
German
territory.* territory.
FromFrom
oonfirmed confirmed
that the
out
writhe ; posts were along the edge of the woods vrith their main line of resistancea.long rosistancewith resistance rosistance edeo resistanedo
.
to reoonnaissanoe reconnaissance patrol had been allowed toGermans had outcutcuout cut loosed olosed then closed in and mo-
woods
tter
but
.
in returning to
grave gave gavo this valuable information.. gao valua.ble information informf.ltion. informfltion
pla.nsImo wledge Ivory knowledge vary oareful pla.ns plansplastknmledge very plan" ledge this knm"ledge vory careful plans
. was made available.- . a.vailable.a.vailable. available. available
and
artillery support
availa-
ble
rifle
. Huns . Comoomrnand maohine CUllS atbached machine guns a.ttached from Company I under the command of Lt ComfortCOmpD.l " Moorland Conriany COmpDl doorman oormand Corrigan Comply macies ; uns attached Lt. Comfort
' moved for.-yard and successfully SUOOF.ssi'ully rard forward SUOOFssiully fo ramrod
.!
for
.
SR patrol by SCR
}
patrol reported
a sharp sharpshar-
and ca.ptured the main enemy position a.nd captured several prisoners.- . prisoners. prisoneprisoners enenv Geneva
.
rs
.
pC .trol troll
' ha.d pC\.trol \ pC.trol leodor reJortGd patrol leo.dor reported he had reached the road and was returning butpstool leader [ buretur11il'lb bugretur11illb but eatre .
.
forty five
fire to
was
lost but at
was
report
e
. :wo-e were we.e we.e woe wee wer e're
minutes
ey wo
small stall
hed the
thHeavyHeavy Head-
in
a a.
very heavy
to bo surrounded. . be surrounded
arms
our
front
patrol
deep
. on bring up strong reserves and completely overwhelm the platoon. pla.toon.. oompletely to platoon
\ vas \vas einformation gained from this patrol was negative and the cost was very patrolvas information nderization
'
patrol
2424
!I 'tI tI
iiI '
t
/ t/
.
t- t
'"
y ,1 ,,1.11
shing ono reinforced on high with one reinforoed platoon being completely lost. loot. loot lost.
_ .
n alion
. d,3 nsnowex-e nowwere now blading d3 n sending out thi. wex nows lding obj.otians ob,4eations original objections to Be !ld.ing out. this patrol ware snothin objotians t t$ ob4eations thi
,
, .
wballed faots.- * facts.backed with fagots. acked faots. facts. faots facts
cts
' w'ith with ieth
fa-
e
ex
-
batt,
the
enemy
fell
on
eightoompany. company. oompany* fight glancing lancing blow on our right company. After a very sharp two hour fight-
self
self-propelled self- , ropelled selfropelled propelled self- propelled
;>
guns , ns
artillery ,
at
anyany
last of the
or
The ys was due va \va tars \va
thou asuelties incurred durinc . da.ysdaysdays ma.jority the asue.lties inured durian majority of tho casualties inourred during; the next few da.ys da. .
artillery fire
ns The ns
paused nun rouse and by the sub-zero weather which caused numerous whioh oaused ntun rous
"
,; exooeded the tvo rate of attrition ca.used "by these two factors often expended theexceeded caused b :{ by
,
,
zero sub
to
Raythreplacement rate.- . rate. rate eon On Deco mber Deo amber Volksgrenadler 30 December , Volksgrenadier VolksErenmdior
units
were
identified to
Hans and the Germans had assumed a defensive role.- , Gen ans defenoive role ted role.. ' ' ANALYSIS AND) CRITICISM CRIIICISMCRI'I'ICISMCRITICISMAM CRI'I'ICISM CRIIICISM CRITICIS-
M A
study of this series of operations indicates that the battalion battalionindioates battali.
was
beaabdholding be reg ental dental holding an open divi8io and regimental flank , and could not clearly beGreg olearly redivision
'
one on
to the fullest extent.. All initialtextent initial initiextended necessarily over extendedneoessarily
norththe north Nor-
nded
.
tw-o taint reasons.. two beoa.use of tw.o main reasons beoause because tw utain
. -
in the
exte-
many
fawn
, SmUS. beC se U.faw U.S. US ble relatively few for the frontage and ; secondly , because of the US . ArdermesArdennesAirdromes army Ardennes .Army's ArdennArmy's belief that the Germans would not attack through the Ardermes Arr 's Armys Airdroattaok Arms S. ''s
Barr. . Arr.
es
were
d
26iiasas ba26
.
.
. *
"
,.
J /
TJ-
he
fense in fens
flank. . flank. ern flank
oomcom- Loshoimergraben Loshaimergraben a.rea a.lthough oomthe Loshe liner grab en area although not being in direct com.although Lose oom com noboom
. . :
.
mavd mand mard of the 3rd Ha.ttall.C'n required . ' nard mad HattallCn Battalion .required Chattel jrequired
}
it
proteot to protect the regimental southern southernSouthaooepted defenseof accepted defense roomette defensdefeThe
To
adequately protect this open flank , the battalion should adequataly shouldshoul1at that mission
and by
parried ohanges., ohanges. changes. dootr ines nse Hines doctrines should have oarried out several changes carried door ibilities line position
distance of istance
8
as albattalion as-
F Buckshot frontlocated at P. BucWiolz was , although the division reserve , in a front F Uncial P. Buckholz
' on the flank'Vrith no friendly troops i'riendly flankVrith iriendly flank with
'
flank
to
10 thousand
ery fires
one Rene ean ene
artill-
rifle
battalion
on
plaoed of the b . "battalion battalion were poorly placed with stallion .ttalion ttalion
"
one 011e
a in a. semi-ready position to
.
ad
ns
roa.d Lanzerath roa.droad rorailroad route of approach but the Blazer roadovereooverodequally good or better route was not adequately covered overrode, ooverod.* ooverod.
.
ready semi
moet an
not in position to cover this road and mines and motheroover otherother over
. Compa.ny Company
board bloak employed road bleak methods were not employed.. block
positionsBuckholz F Bookshop aled take a position south of F , Buckshot , did not have prepared positions positioF. Buokholz
and thus
; pmrrervas paver vas greatlYIeakened weakened defensive pmrrer \vas grea.tlYIeakened. merrier \ its defenl3ive power was greatly ,weakened.. prefabs
' .
ny good positions about 800 had ood od Franken rivor , j.t could have Frankie ri vor jt or rrain river it
.
greatly
Company
M
Ha.d Had
.
defended
initially but
gavegavaveave havehave
.
ars
res-
defensiveinoreasing defenerve and could not perform their mission of increasing the defensive
position
sives
rifle
battalion. battalion,.
With an
all
all-around around
2626
Il. "Il. w Il !
p. w Il
"
.. .
.
'
prepared defense in the P , Bookshop area , the battalion could have repared F Buokholz Gould havoould havF. BuoWiolz
ebetter delayed the better .vailable. . vailable * valuable vailable. vailable
whee wThe The
Boil
excellent work
along the
dly take
ing
King
up a
it
make shift
line rail
Ping star
initialGinitial
the
enemy tromp separat trom 8eparat separat- separatseparate 8eparat- from 8eparat-
therein
The ent
battalion
commander ocTmnander
displayed intelligent
BuBuokholz-Losheimergraben Bookshop inerrable but astride the F. Buokholz-LosheijTiergraben road butLosheijTiergraben Losheimergraben F. Buokholz-Loshe n.ergraben Buokholz nergraben bpaused and caused the 3rd oaused
withdrawwithdraBattalion to withdraw
enemy
n f
Urine
. ,
penetrationpenetration penetratio*
Jof formm- battalion of the farmer-' battalion.. formm formmbattalion. farms form
O-
1 ''J 'J-
The withdrawal
all available
.
tily
hasDefenseDefense Defen.
ta1d.ng . a1d.ng ta1dng taking :, tfu.rringen. a1dng Murringen aking up new positions on the high ground east of Murringen.. tfurringen hirh hrh
furring Urine
se this position at
.
w s was
;
dependent upon the 1st and 2nd Battalions success successuoces- success- suocesssuocess
canandandsaanomy and. ground but extreme enomy pressure and
:
swan sfully "vithdra.wine to the same high sane saJne fully "withdrawing vithdrawine
a suocessful withdrawal Batta.lionBattaliontwithdrawn Batta.lion this , thus a. successful withdrayml by the 3rd Battalion Batta. .
con- through Trinket conKririlcelt hrough Krinkelt to Elsenborn in oomplete darkness under adverse con Eleanor complete
lion
ma and
say
.
Here , as
ene-
enemyenemy eneJ1WeneJ1W
- tant. enearly nonexistsnearly non-ex is tant.- . nearly non-existants ntonly nonexistnoarly nonexiste.nt.antinonexistantsMsterly existe.nt. meneal non-existe.nt. taint tant existents existants
.
ent well
non
non existent ex
.
company offioersoffioers tra.ined hootenanny offioers trained oOlnpany officers and non-commissioned officers commissioned officersoffic-
ers
were
first fir at
non
.. . .
agalead-
fierce inst
t
.
.,
ers
man and
Time and
again
it was
their ther
severely Whitechelons hit initiative as all eohelons of the division were severly hitcaMaCommnd at commemoration oomnnmioation communication was at times non-existant.. Comr .nd ohannels were atexistant. Comer nd channels existent Command
own
t tties
non
27"2727
artillery
had
early in the
'
t
\t' V \t' t'
8t
'
\,saa.
s /
all
more
($ 40f40f than 4 0%
in
good defensive
ot attattacks of lateDlate
on the theth-
endee
Good
proven equally as good a.nd would have prevented the enemy from laying and layingrment
.
rd
mrd fOr' fOr
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ve proteotion of the foxholes.. For the enemy to attack protection attaok foxholes newness tatted oross ing roulade pos i-bion vrould bison pe bion this position in thjs area would have neoess i tated crossing a necessitated cross King ppiest
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to
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there tanks
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the5opera.tions the ba.ttalion in the operations of this battalion proved better than the.
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German
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