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

At'.0832, hr-.the.:,~! in attacking from the north with tanks, . and artillery
fire from 2..batteriep NampEgruppo 36 antronohas . At 0935 the xax cnew
stops hia attack, Kaapfgruppo lies under artillery firs . :th advanoo at
firat waa delayed by strong mine obstacles. At 1230 hr liwapfgruppo reports
that strong en=t infantry forsws have not coon obssrvad herotoforo . At 1235
hr air roconnaisaunoos North of Mll 992 7 unerj tanks ~_nd 20
mfor vehiclass light motor vehicles traffic on the road norta thoredf in
a northern direction. In the meantizio our tanks have paauod through the
to the
&ampfgruppo . .and are attacking/right of t.1-to road in t_'o dirco tion of Th,ela .
T.he road of advanoo vsspooially in the area try Hill 992 lies under enemy
:artillery firaj* we are assumlng that there are 2 anew-y batteries thurc .
At 1710 hr then 7th Pe,Egt. reports that: the snowy is tvitl,dravire
.
under oovor of thA haws.
worn
Dhila pursuing the aneutiy 15
anav tanks~ .ostroyed xpxi+acx 'metx
en~ .
zm%jx and as the advance eon-
tiuumd , additionaVtanka were 1zooked out. At 1930 hr our tarLka sad advanced
1,haouoh
elaments have roaohed the area` 2 k= couthtofThaa.~gad l ~athcsr strod; ©nozv
forces oil both aides of the road of advanoe3 our armored infantry had to
fight - °ua7 still
them out of their foxholes . At 2035 hr/on both aides of the rotid
south o£ Thala, ta ko, infantry and ant-1t=7_- uT1, In tiiz courso of the
fighting to south of Thala 1463 prisonera, Ltcluding 11 offioors,-~srara taken
up to 24 hr 21 February 1943, Irisauerst atatamaixts diselosbei the follotivin;
ftmxc ' identification of troopas '
BriAlbh olomentas
. .1,7-2 Iaszaara (firth . RrrRix A=lorod Div. )
. :. 2*T Laioeatara (46th inf.Aiv.) .
86 it Chemical Wurfara Co . `loyal =agineora, ind,3 ~,endent co ::parw
vdth 12 zortars 4 inches axiYj r oalibar
4~, Qoapozitlon aooording to dapturod papora
~th Xuf. erigeda .
2x1 Bn ., Ught Fuziliers
lot aa., East Surroya
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