1942 - US Army Center Of Military History

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Vith. Patrols find Rogery free of enemy. In XVIII
Corps (A/B) area, 75th Div clears rest of Grand Bois.
7th Armd Div overcomes house-to-house opposition
in Born. 508th Para RCT takes over Deidenberg–Eibertingen
area. In V Corps area, 1st Div
meets stiff opposition as it attempts to improve
positions NE of Schoppen; establishes outposts and
sends patrols through Bambusch woods in region S
of Schoppen.
In U.S. Third Army’s VIII Corps area, shift in
corps boundaries puts Bois de Rouvroy, NE of Buret,
within corps zone and transfers Bastogne to juris-diction
of III Corps. New boundaries run on the
N through Laroche and Ourthe to Thommen and
on the S through Neufchâteau, Bastogne, and Holdingen
to Thommen. Elements of CCA, 11th Armd
Div, reach Buret. 17th A/B Div continues advance
NE of Tavigny. III Corps advance to NE gains
momentum. 6th Armd Div clears Crendal, Troine,
Baraques de Troine, Lullange, Hoffelt, and Hachiville.
90th Div’s 358th Inf takes Derenbach, Hill
480, and Boevange-les-Clervaux; 359th secures Hill
520, Hamiville, and Wincrange. Some 26th Div
units across Wiltz R in vicinity of Winseler clear
Noertrange and Bruhl; others, in conjunction with
6th Cav Gp, enter Wiltz and mop up pockets of
resistance. In XII Corps area, 4th Div captures Longsdorf
but is unable to take Fuhren. 5th secures Landscheid
and Lipperscheid. Renewing offensive, 80th
Div’s 318th Inf takes Bourscheid and Welscheid and
woods between these and the Sauer; 317th is unable
to get units across river to N of Bourscheid but takes
Kehmen. In XX Corps area, 94th Div
halts attack on Orscholz because of heavy casualties
to 1st Bn, 301st Inf; 302d Inf holds Tettingen and
Nennig against strong counterattack.
6th Army Group: In U.S. Seventh Army’s XV
Corps area, CCB of 10th Armd Div closes in area
NE of Fenétrange. In VI Corps area, main body of
corps completes withdrawal to new MLR, along line
Althorn–Rothbach–Niedermodern–Haguenau–Bischwiller.
79th Div’s OPL in Camp d’Oberhoffen area
is pushed back by enemy.
EASTERN EUROPE—Fanning out from Tilsit, NE
East Prussia, Third White Russian Front reaches
Kurisch Sound on right and takes Gumbinnen on
left; Second White Russian Front presses steadily
N toward East Prussia on wide front and takes East
Prussian town of Tannenberg. First White Russian
and First Ukrainian Fronts continue W in Poland;
latter crosses into Silesia, Germany, in region W of
Czestochowa and takes several Silesian towns.
BURMA—In ALFSEA’s 15 Corps area, brig of
Ind 26th Div, after co-ordinated air and naval bombardment,
lands on N coast of Ramree I. and captures
Kyaukpyu. Ind 25th Div now holds all of
Myebon Peninsula.
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In NCAC area, U.S. 5332d Brig establishes perimeter
defenses along W side of Burma Road but does
not block the road; makes contact with 114th Regt
of Ch 38th Div, which is to block road to N.
FORMOSA-RYUKYUS-PESCADORES—TF 38 makes
powerful air attacks on shipping and airfields at
Formosa, Sakishima Gunto, Okinawa, and the
Pescadores. About 10 oilers and freighters are sunk
and other vessels are damaged. At the airfields some
100 grounded planes are destroyed. Japanese counter
with determined attacks on the warships, severely
damaging the CV Ticonderoga. Fighters of Fifth
Air Force make their first attack on Formosa.
LUZON—In U.S. Sixth Army area, XIV Corps
drives beyond day’s objective, line Tarlac–Victoria,
and is ordered to continue toward Clark Field, although
its E flank is exposed for over 20 miles. 160th
Inf, 40th Div, takes Tarlac without opposition;
elements push on to San Miguel. Advance elements
of 37th Div reach vicinity of La Paz. I Corps is to
seize line Victoria–Guimba in strength while protecting
left flank of XIV Corps. 103d Inf of 43d Div,
continuing assault on Hill 600, gains military crest.
158th and 63d Regts finish clearing Blue Ridge,
near Amlang. 63d Inf is then withdrawn into corps
reserve. 172d Inf, clearing heights commanding
Rosario, is reinf by Philippine 2d Bn, 121st Inf.
22 January
WESTERN EUROPE—21 Army Group: In Br Second
Army’s 12 Corps area, 7th Armd Div fights indecisively
near Montfort. 52d Div takes Laffeld and
Obspringen. Waldenrath falls to 43d Div.
12th Army Group: In U.S. First Army’s VII Corps
area, 84th Div and attached elements of 3d Armd
Div seize Gouvy and Beho. 4th Cav Gp sector is
pinched out. In XVIII Corps (A/B) area, 75th Div
takes Commanster and woods to NE. 30th Div
secures Hinderhausen, Sart-lez-St Vith, Ober Emmels,
and Nieder Emmels. 7th Armd Div’s CCA,
assisted by task force of CCB, clears Hunningen.
Rcn party from 38th Armd Inf Bn is prevented by
roadblock from entering St Vith.
In U. S. Third Army’s VIII Corps area, units of
CCA, 11th Armd Div, enter Bois de Rouvroy and
cross Luxembourg border without encountering
enemy. 17th A/B Div occupies Steinbach and Limerle.
In III Corps area, CCB of 6th Armd Div enters
Basbellain; CCA takes Asselborn and Weiler. 359th
Inf of 90th Div occupies Donnange, Deiffelt, Stockem,
and Rumlange; elements of 357th move to Boxhorn
and Sassel. 26th Div and 6th Cav Gp finish
clearing Wiltz and secure Eschweiler, Knaphoscheid,
and Kleinhoscheid. 28th Cav Sq proceeds
through Weicherdange. In XII Corps area, 4th Div