Bastogne: The Story of the First Eight Days - US Army Center Of ...

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SCALE IN YAROS·
The few survivors, upon recoiling, were rounded up by the
members of Colonel Allen's overrun 3d Battalion, 327th. The
German tankers died inside their tanks.
Although Company C, 502d, had been compelled to engage
without artillery support because of the closeness of the action,
its losses were negligible. It was put in position along the high
ground west of the scene of the skirmish. At about the same time
the Company C fight ended, Company A, 502d, was getting
Champs under control and was doing the last of its rat hunting
through the village houses. Company B was put over to the eastward
of Company A to fill out the line as far as the 3d Battalion.
In getting to this position, Company B, 502d, took heavy losses
from enemy artillery while moving across the high ground north