KASSERINE PASS BATTLES Readings - US Army Center Of Military ...

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4rtUleky-tfira:t ThA ; mortar batte :in position with the regimnt loses
I ~ of ;its . . gu .,, ~~nsmdr : oouratere~ttsoks are repulsed .
At - 1415 hr, on the basis of the devalopwnt of ttv altuation the oorr-
Anding Coneral deoid*A to order a . withdrawal on Kassorino pass for tonight .
A.a .T,* is inteteuotod (P.7r' P.8) .
The Q.S,offioor in oluirga of Supplies and AdrAnistration, prosoat at
the O.P. in oa=issioned '..o report orally at A,c,K. on t.-he dcvolopmontl of
the situation; Arur-approves of the corps' intention and ordara tho ocou ,-
patioa-of ,ths - bid I=ra position attar the withdrawal . (An.15, 17) .
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1505' hr . The orders-for the vrlthdraval are issued (p .9 - 13).
1600 hr ., The Corpa - shittts its O .P. The oomfutndina ganorv1 =off remains un-
t1l dark at the old O.P.
. . . ` Durin& -the . forsnoon- there vas oray voa~ air aotivity, but in the after-
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noon .the%ntt~gkad - several times of th bombora and £ightera in low-level flying .
4 maohines sera shot down.
At 1720 hr the PsOran.Rgt,Afrioa sports an attack on the advanood (Ist)
battalion from'the eouthwast (An.19), wid lacers oritioal situation
them : ("19) .
F3 '-Rgt~ -135 and- the artillery commander are ihstructed to rolieve tna
preasure on the - ragimnt *jr- odWvntratod fire . Shortly before dark onomV
tanks panotrate into the positions of the battalion. the b u3k of the battalion
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Vithdrawu in -disorder at first, -h%*MW' r, but raly, later* The 5th Bn. Bcrrsa-
glieri is also attackod just before dark by sove isolated tanks and abandon
its positions leaving vAW motor . vehicles and a11 4 hoa :y vcapana behold .
At : 1900 hr near corps c,P. at Hill 735 volt of Cha:,bi .
The withdrawal - is made difficult by the rriddy condition of the trails .
At cons places only oross-country motor vohicloa oe+n manage the qur-r, ::1re
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wwthout help ., As Pt,Gren.Rgt.Africa is unable to =mss oavoriz,-, pooition