Soviet resistance on Routes 30 and 226 had been overcome, the legionnaires of the 1st RDM sweeping all before them. Olwsheim had proven a tough little nut, but thirty minutes of close-quarter fighting had reaped a good crop of prisoners, and driven the remaining enemy out in full retreat, giving the Legion control of both Route 60 and Route 226. The advances continued, two of the three columns coming back together at the junction of Routes 30 and 60 Until they came to Brumath, where the attack floundered in a hail of machine-gun bullets and anti-tank shells. Braun’s Panther had taken five hits, and he had quickly reversed under the cover of smoke grenades. Hastily deployed mortars from the RDM added their own smoke to cover the withdrawal. “We can wait for Alma to come into position, probably for hours yet... and certainly in the dark, or we can attack again... now.” Durand listened to his Battalion commander think aloud, the harassed man’s eyes straying between the commanders present.
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