Confusion at the S-Ridge MTO (id:#56909)

Critical Hit (Battle of the Bracchi Hills ID: BBH11)   [next]   [previous]

Positions on the S-Ridge, Santa Maria Infante, Italy 1944-05-13 (6 others)

Overview:

Company C's objective, Hill 109, was terraced on the upper half of the southeastern slope. The slightly flattened crest of Hill 109 as about 70 yards wide and 300 yards long. Along the southeastern edge lay a minefield and behind it, concertina barbed wire. Covering the minefield and the wire were two machine guns emplaced in earthen dugouts. Coming up against a strand of concertina wire abut 15-20 yards from the crest, Tech/Sgt. Joseph Adams pulled his men back about 10 yards and directed them to dig in. The Germans on the crest evidently heard them, because they threw flares at them and pulled an igniter which set off anti-personnel mines in the area. At the same time an enemy machinegun concealed in a dugout covered with chicken wire began firing at them.

Defender: German (Elements of the 267th Fusilier Reconnaissance Battalion, 71st Infantry Division)  

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