In particular, armour could only move on paths laid with steel matting and it took eight days of bloody fighting across the waterlogged ground for 34th Division to push back General Franek's 44th Infantry Division to establish a foothold in the mountains.
Kampvogne kunne således kun køre på veje, som var dannet af stålmåtter, og det krævede otte dages blodige kampe for 34. division at trænge general Francks 44. tyske infanteridivision tilbage og etablere et fodfæste i bjergene.