By September 11, the Americans had reached positions on the German frontier that pre-invasion planners had not expected to reach before May 1945.
Ordered to pull back, A and B Companies were then directed to resume the attack at dusk by hitting Birk on the flank through the village of Bardenberg.
The German corps commander, meanwhile, was rushing reinforcements into the area, seeking to destroy the column of American armor that was strung out from the bridgehead several miles back.
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