#1: New maps for CCIV availible Author: Ernie_M, Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:01 am — Lutrebois/Villers-la-Bonne-Eau Dec. 29-30 1944
A brief history:
During the night of 29 December the tank column of the 1st SS Panzer
moved up along the road linking Tarchamps and Lutremange. Once through Lutremange, however, the German column could deploy in two armored assault forces, one moving through Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, the other angling northwest through Lutrebois.
Lutrebois, two and a half miles east of the German objective at Assenois,
had most of its houses built along a 1,000-yard stretch of road which
runs more or less east and west across an open plain and is bordered at
either end by an extensive wooded rise. On the morning of the 30th the
3d Battalion of the 134th Infantry was deployed in and around
the village: Company L was inside Lutrebois; Companies I and K
had dug in during the previous evening along the road east
of the village; the battalion heavy machine guns covered the road
west of the village.
German grenadiers moved on along the western road but
were checked there for at least an hour by the heavy machine guns.
By midmorning, seven enemy tanks were spotted north of
Lutrebois. A platoon of the 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion accounted
for four, two were put out of action by artillery high explosive, and
one was immobilized by a mine.
At Villers-la-Bonne-Eau Companies K and
L, 137th Infantry, came under attack by seven
tanks heavily supported by infantry. The panzers moved
in blasting the stone houses and setting the village ablaze.
At 0845 a radio message reached the command post of the 137th
asking for the artillery to lay down a barrage of smoke and
high explosive, but before the gunners could get a sensing the
radio went dead. Only one of the 169 men inside the village
got out, a Sgt. who earlier had run through the rifle fire to
warn the reserve company of the battalion west of Villers.
You can see these maps in the Combat Camera area under
Ernie_M
#2: Author: platoon_michael, Location: Right behind youPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:23 am — Great job Ernie.
Question:
I have always wondered what books or web site doyou get your information from about the battles?
It sounds very informative and I would be interested in them if I didnt have them already
#3: Author: salhexe, Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:39 pm — Where is the link for download
#4: Web Site for BOB History Author: Ernie_M, Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:09 am — Here it is:
