A ranar 19 ga Disamba, an tura mukamin kwamandan na 28 zuwa Bastogne daga Wiltz, wani babban garin Luxembourg a kudu maso gabas. A Wiltz, sashin ya sanya matsayinsa na karshe; 3rd Battalion na 110th "wanda ke da goyon baya ta hanyar kayan aiki da kuma bindigogi" ya isa garin da tsakar rana a wannan rana. An kafa Battalion na Injiniya na 44 a arewacin garin, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka mamaye su kuma suka koma cikin garin, suna tayar da gada a bayansu. Wannan ƙaramin ƙarfi - wanda bai wuce 500 a duka ba - ya ci gaba har zuwa maraice, lokacin da matsayinsu ya zama ba zai yiwu ba kuma suka koma yamma.
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