Un Pont Sur l’Amblève WTO (id:#59786)

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Stavelot, Belgium 1944-12-18 (20 others)

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"A Bridge on the Ambleve"- Kampfgruppe Peiper collided the night before with a small roadblock maintained by a handful of pioneers on the heights south of Stavelot. Bluffed by the opposition received, the Germans retreated for the night, allowing the pioneers to go back down to the city. The attempt to blow up the bridge having failed, the defense is put into place during he night. Reinforcements arrive to the Americans in the form of anti-tank cannons placed on the road leading to the Spa fuel depot. At dawn. a small troop sent to the heights to take up the positions of the pioneers, collided with Pieper's vanguard who had gone back on the assault, and all vehicles were destroyed. The Panthers arrived at the bridge, followed by Panzergrenadiers. Quickly, the force assaulted the other bank and after furious close combat , engaged in the alleys of the left bank. With time to neutralize a very embarrassing anti-tank gun and the few squads close to the bridge, the Kampfgruppe is released by side streets leading to the northwest. Peiper's goal is reached, he has crossed the Ambleve and reached the road of Trois-Pont where he will continue his advance towards La Gleize amd Stoumont

Defender: American (526th Armored Infantry Battalion and 825th Tank Destroyer Battalion and the 202nd Engineer Combat Battalion)  

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