The letter, safely delivered, gave the First Army its first definite picture of events in the far-removed St. Vith was out of touch with the VIII Corps. Frederic Schroeder) with a letter to the First Army chief of staff, Maj. Thither the 7th Armored Division commander sent a liaison officer (Lt. The road to Spa and the First Army headquarters, albeit roundabout and hazardous, remained open on the morning of the 20th. (thirty-five miles by road) was extremely difficult. Communicationīetween the 7th Armored rear headquarters and the St. Vith forces from the remainder of the VIII Corps, althoughĪ slim connection remained between the 7th Armored Division rear installationsĪt La Roche and the VIII Corps headquarters at Bastogne. The German successes in this area had already Room to constitute a real threat to the southern and western sections Of German armor and infantry from the XLVII and LVIII PanzerĬorps toward Bastogne and Houffalize, had the troops and the maneuver The southern advance, which had carried a mass Heavy Antitank Battalion, was toiling slowly westward on the single,įree main road which served as the main supply route for two armoredĤ and two infantry divisions. The 9th SS Panzer Division, reinforced by the 519th Represented at its tip by the 1st SS Panzer Division, Other German units forged westward past its northern and southern extensions.Īs yet the enemy forces passing to the north and south had failed toĬoalesce to the west of the St. To act as a breakwater holding the LXVI Corps in check while Vith perimeter, now of substantial size, continued The most advanced elements of the Germanĭrive by this time were twenty-five airline miles to the southwest of The easternmost position of any organized nature in the center sector On the morning of 20 December the Americans defending St. Chapter 17-THE ARDENNES: BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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