As the German plan called for the capture of St. troops were ordered to retreat west of the Salm River. By 23 December, as the Germans shattered their flanks, the defenders’ position became untenable and U.S. troops fell back to positions supported by the 82nd Airborne Division to the west, presenting an imposing obstacle to a successful German advance. Under orders from Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Brigadier General Bruce Cooper Clarke, leader of Combat Command-B 7th Armored Division, gave up St. Jones (106th Infantry), successfully resisted the German attacks, thereby significantly slowing the German advance. These units, which operated under the command of Generals Robert W. Infantry Division), elements of the 9th Armored Division's Combat Command B and the 112th Infantry of the U.S. 7th Armored Division and included the 424th Infantry (the remaining regiment of the 106th U.S. Opposing this drive were units of the U.S. Vith was also close to the western end of the Losheim Gap, a critical valley through the densely forested ridges of the Ardennes Forest and the axis of the entire German counteroffensive. Vith, a vital road junction, was close to the boundary between the 5th and Sepp Dietrich’s Sixth Panzer Army, the two strongest units of the attack. It was one of several battles on Decemconstituting the opening of Germany's Ardennes counteroffensive (more commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge"). Vith was an engagement in Belgium fought during the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine in World War II. The Ardennes area of Belgium and Germany just before the German Ardennes counteroffensive, December 15, 1944. The German plan - LXVI Corps, 5th Panzer-Armee was assigned the capture of St.
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