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

FIELD ORDER )
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NO : . . . 7 }
MAPS :
2 .
' ,TDIV RCN , .. _
;~co~ Rcn,,.Comdo,
~ : 81 Rcn'Bn'(-A Co)
GS,GS 41£30 - Sheets 18,28,39 - Scale : 1200,000 .
GS,GS 4227 + Sheets 10,11,13,14 - Scale ; 1/200,000.
a . See Intelligence Summary.
b . (1) Forces of the British 6th Armd Div and the 34th Inf Div held
a position at SBIBA, and the passes at 0-1905 and at T-1590 ; the pas
Northwest of KASSERINE is the only one available to the enemy.
(2) Forces of the 1st Inf Div and French troops under General Welwart
hold the DERMA position and the pass South of EL MA EL ABIOD; part of
the 1st Inf Div made a successful attack East from a point near S-7574 in
the afternoon of February 22 .
The lst Armd Div (less detachments) with attached troops will hold the
enemy South*of the general line DJ HAINRA - THALA, covering the left
'`-flank of .the II Corps and preventing aGerman move to the West .
TROOPS
C B (ROBINETT
AR -. s . Bn &
2d'
Bn, 6 Inf
27 FA Bn ,
68 FA Bn
894 ::TD - -
601 TD ,(-i,': Co)
D Co, .16 mgr
2d Bn, 16 Inf
3d Bn, 39 Inf .
16 Guns, 443 AA
Hq 8 I .' Co, 3d Bn)
Liclosllrt 140 .
Hq 1st Armd Div
In the Field
4300 hrs, 23 Feb 1J43
.
CC A - (DIV . RES) (McQUILLIN) . DIV RES
6 Inf - , 26 & 3 Bn~-
Inf (-2d & 3d Bns )
I Bin, . :13 AR 3d 4n, 6th Inf
3d Bn, .13th AR
91 FA J-B Btry}
A Co, 6th Engr
701 TD'
16 Guns, 443 $
16th Engr (-A,C, & D Cos)
prov . Bn
,
1 AR
26TH ARUD BRIG, : .(REI
ICHO ON
26th >prrnd Iir gade ;;' .
1 - 0,-:s6tn cam ;
1 - Co ; . .86th Chemical Mox
B & D . . Cos, 1~J5th -pg. . 'r3
34th U .- Bu .
60th FA .,Bn
84th-FA Bn
NOTE : The dispositions indicated above will be checked for accuracy, and
of error made to Division Headquarters .
3 . a . The 81 Rcn Bn will operate initially in tile gap between DJ BOU EL HA?EEHE .~ >;
and DJ EL ATROUS to cover the left flanL of the Division, and Trill rriconnoiter: ~
through the pass East of DJ EL ATRCUS to establish contact with the anemy .--The