In the 110th Infantry sector this line ran through Lieler and Buchholz to Lellingen. Wrote one in his diary: "Nobody able to sleep and no hot meals, today. On the evening A gap remained in the center of the 1st Battalion line and small groups of the enemy were wandering along the Our River. As yet, however, the Americans had no way of knowing that the bulk of the 2d Panzer Division actually was moving down the road to Clerf or that a counterattack would collide with any such German force. For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded . Equally important, the green 1130th Regiment (incorporated into the 116th Panzer Division attack on the second day) had failed to follow closely in the path of the tanks and so gave American riflemen and machine gunners time to get set after the tanks rolled past. his assistance, probably to be in position to give support by the late a bridgehead over the Our at the boundary between the 112th Infantry with an order to hold in essentially the positions which the regiment now occupied. Army counterattack against the US Third Army in September, had been Once this barrier was passed the 26th would be responsible for covering the left flank of the corps while the armored divisions made the Meuse crossings. Two hours later tanks and self-propelled guns struck the 44th Engineers, which was outposting the little hamlets northeast of Wiltz. Located at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. 1941 to 1945 with the 112th Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany, including the Liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulg : 04/11/2008 Endicott : Krueger and Luettwitz were old hands at mechanized warfare, had learned their business as commanders of the 1st and 2d Panzer Divisions, respectively, and had fought side by side in Lorraine. The year 1921 saw many changes in unit designation: Bellefonte was redesignated Troop B, 52nd Machine Gun Squadron, the Altoona unit was redesignated as Company G. During 1921, Company D, 1st Pennsylvania Engineers was organized. The units from Lewistown, Tyrone, Huntingdon, Everett, and Altoona were all mustered into federal service for duty on the Mexican border in July 1916. After years of training, the unit first entered the continent of Europe on the Normandy beaches following the D-Day landing. Letter, 22 August 1864, from Theodore Skinner of Company E, 112th New York Infantry, at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, to family in New York discussing picket details, an aborted troop movement, and other aspects of military life during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. 4th Infantry Division Campaigns during World War II. The 902d, led in person by the division commander, continued toward the west, although briefly delayed in a fight with a few towed antitank guns and armored cars near Eschweiler.18. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "STRIVE OBEY ENDURE" in blue letters. Both of these positions lay adjacent to the prospective boundary between the XLVII and LXXXV Corps. in the bogs and swamps of southwest Holland, where the 30 British Corps About dusk the Marnach garrison radioed that half-tracks could be heard moving toward the village. In common with the German assault tactics employed all along the front on 16 December, both regiments led off with a predawn advance by shock companies eighty men strong. artillery by this time had displaced to the west and was out of range. THE ARDENNES CAMPAIGN: BATTLE OF THE BULGE Bull, Harold R.: Papers, 1943-1968 Box 1 Miscellaneous Military Letters, 1 June-20 December 1944 (1) Box 2 Additional Papers, 1944-1948 Collins, J. Lawton: Papers, 1896-1975 . And German tanks still fired from the eastern height. Tanks, ordered up from the division reserve, had not yet arrived. This battery was driven from Buchholz with the loss of half its howitzers. At the same time the XLVII Panzer Corps would cross the Our in the vicinity of Dasburg and Gemnd, push west via Clerf, seize the vital road center at Bastogne, form in a deep column echeloned to the left and rear, then race for the Meuse River crossings south of Namur. On 18 December what was left of the 110th Infantry was wiped out or withdrew to the west.11 Survivors in the north headed toward Donnange and, with Company G, joined elements of the 9th Armored Division to make a stand. It was disbanded on 16 July 1883 and reorganized as Company A, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry on 3 July 1884. Created in late 1917, the 4th Infantry Division served with distinction during World War I.On June 6, 1944 (), the "Ivy" division was the first US unit to land on Utah Beach.Two months later, on August 25, 1944, it liberated Paris.In September, it crossed the border into Germany, fighting in the Hrtgen Forest and in the Battle of the Bulge. The attack by the light tank company of the 707th along the Skyline Drive was disastrous. As the morning passed the small German detachments west of the ridge increased in strength. XVII SS Corps on 6 December and moved with his staff to Kyllburg, The 2d Panzer Division advance guard had taken a bloody nose James Russell Fostervold, 86, of Willmar, died Tuesday at his home following an illness. Some of the first Americans to confront Hitler's gamble on the front lines were the men of the 394th Infantry Regiment at Lanzareth Ridge. Men in the observation posts watched the enemy move about his daily chores and reported flares and occasional rounds of mortar or artillery fire. corps zone of attack were narrow, twisting, and certain to be muddy; With the first light some eighteen Mark V tanks started down the ridge spur pointing toward Ouren; at the same time the 1130th Regiment and the 156th Regiment resumed the attack to cut off and destroy the forward American companies. Back to the west, in the 28th Division command post at Wiltz, General Cota took what steps he could to help the 110th Infantry. whereupon the light tank platoon destroyed its single remaining tank 121st Infantry Regiment. After the Germans captured the howitzers, a bazooka team of a company officer and a sergeant held the enemy tanks at bay, destroying two which ventured into the village. Most of the tanks and assault guns were out of action, there were insufficient machine guns to cover the final protective line, radio communication between the desperate units was practically nonexistent, searchlight rays glancing from the low clouds lighted the path of the attackers, and ammunition was running very low. To compensate for the armored weakness of the battered division, two battalions of armored tank destroyers and an assault gun brigade were given Bayerlein just before the attack to the west began. In 1917, when America entered World War I, the 28th Infantry Division was the nation's oldest National Guard unit. 114th Infantry Regiment. An unidentified crew of a 447th Antiaircraft Artillery half-track drove straight onto the mines, its .50-caliber fire searching out the enemy riflemen. In this fight the crossroads near Erpeldange changed hands four times. This unit was redesignated less than a year later, in December 1921, when they became 103rd Ordnance Company, Special Troops. Because surprise was essential in this stroke for the bridges, artillery fire on the American forward positions in the first moments of the assault was forbidden. Colonel Nelson decided to pull back through Huldange since enemy tanks were known to be in Trois Vierges. World War II Records, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, History . the thin infantry line on the Wahlhausen road. One rifle regiment and part of the division engineers were still in Denmark. . The 28th Division got caught in the Battle of the Bulge and endured many casualties. The mission given Luettwitz conformed to his reputation for drive and audacity. The 14th Parachute Regiment, which had been moving slowly westward (the 5th Parachute Division commander ascribed its dilatory movement to the habit of attacking small villages in order to have billets for the cold December nights), entered the fight via a climb onto the eastern ridge overlooking the town. 110th Infantry Regiment; 112th Infantry Regiment ; 107th Field Artillery Battalion; 108th Field Artillery Battalion; 109th . blocked with trees and mines, the bridge debris would have taken much Colonel Nelson at this moment had two contradictory orders and would have to risk his regiment if he carried out either. Behind the Clerf River and to the west of the regimental command post in the town of Clerf the 2d Battalion (Lt. Col. Ross C. Henbest) lay in divisional reserve. It had held on at Munshausen, with the 110th Cannon Company and a section of tank destroyers, all through the 17th.12 The riflemen and cannoneers made a fight of it, barricading the village streets with overturned trucks, fighting from house to house. 120th Infantry Regiment. . The field artillery commander in his turn would credit the ably served .50-caliber machine guns and 40-mm. The 2d Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment's heritage can be traced back to the Logan Guards howitzers and the tank platoon near Buchholz, again had to side-step in the drive to the Clerf. the Reconnaissance Battalion of the 116th Panzer Division restored while the commander of the 1130th reported that his The company commander withdrew the remaining five tanks on a side road and reached Urspelt, taking position near the 2d Battalion command post.9, The American pincers action had failed to constrict at Marnach. The next morning Colonel Nelson was able to tell General Cota, "Very good news. This created a bulge in the German line. The defenders at Weiler would not be easily pushed aside. As a substitute, a system of village strongpoints-each manned in about rifle company strength-was set up on the ridge line separating the Our and Clerf Rivers, which here is traced by the excellent north-south highway connecting St. Vith and Diekirch. Nonetheless some part of the assault wave had broken through as far as the battery positions near Welchenhausen, where they were repelled by the .50-caliber quadruple mounts of the antiaircraft artillery. to put one of his counterattack plans into operation. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division needed Hosinen badly. up positions north and east of the town. 75 (Spring 2010), pp. The refused positions of the 2d Battalion allowed fairly free use of a regimental reserve during both days and good counterattack plans were ready. Michael Tolhurst: Bastogne: Battle of the Bulge, Pen & Sword Books Limited (Battleground Europe series), 2001 . Their fate is unknown. Later reports indicate that this group was almost wiped out. The Our, in many places, was no more than forty feet wide and easily fordable, but the roads leading to the river made circuitous and abrupt descent as they neared its banks. was reached midway between Bastogne and the Meuse. If you are looking for a definitive book on The Battle of the Bulge this is not it. Even before the seizure of Ouren the LVIII Panzer Corps had shifted its interest to the south. The road center at He continued to fight with Cannon Company until the 423rd Regiment surrendered Dec. 19, 1944, near Schnberg, Belgium. The sector at the Our River in which Luettwitz' corps would begin the attack was a little over seven miles wide, the villages of Dahnen on the north and Stolzembourg on the south serving as boundary markers. The task of rebuilding the rifle companies, repairing battle damage, and training replacements was of necessity a slow one. Fortunately Major Woodward, the battalion commanding officer, was suspicious of this route. 1959 is when this organization began to resemble the current organizational structure. on numerous occasions before; so it is questionable whether either of them expected the Luftwaffe to make good. When the 2d Panzer Division was relieved at the end of September its tanks were gone, but there remained a large cadre of veterans who had escaped to the West Wall on foot. Replacements, mostly from the Navy, were whipped into shape by the "Old 26th," and first-rate equipment replaced that lost in the east. Rocco J. At 1330 the enemy ceased, GERMAN TROOPS ADVANCING PAST ABANDONED AMERICAN EQUIPMENT. On the ridges which look down over Wiltz more Germans appeared in the early evening, apparently. This road makes a twisted and tortuous descent to the valley floor, finally crossing the river at the southeastern edge of the town and proceeding, through narrow streets until it emerges on the north. Abstract. Without it the western exit road from the Gemnd bridge was hopelessly blocked; through Hosingen ran the main divisional supply route to the Clerf. All that remained of the 707th He was able to convince the Army Group B commander that a stand should be taken on a number of tactical points which, in Manteuffel's judgment, were essential to success in the forthcoming attack. These roads and bridges he intended to seize by surprise. At least fifteen tanks had been disabled or destroyed on the first day and German sources indicate that this figure may have doubled on the 17th. New York: Orion Books, 1989. About 0720 the company crossed into the 110th Infantry zone, where the ground rose away from the highway and forced the tanks to advance in column on the road. During most of this first day of attack the German infantry had fought west of the Our without heavy weapons, although the bulk of two regiments from. 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