Bastogne corridor held by 110th IR during the Battle of the Bulge
Map © 2015 Philip Schwartzberg, Meridian Mapping, Minneapolis, MN
110th Infantry Regiment’s Defensive Positioning in Bastogne Corridor
110th Infantry Regiment, Col. Hurley Fuller’s command post was in Clervaux; Executive Officer was Col. Daniel B. Strickler
1st Battalion held the northern section with Col. Donald Paul’s command post at Urspelt:
- Company A held Heinerscheid.
- Company B held Marnach.
- Company C was in “reserve” in Munshausen.
- Company D held Grindhausen with three machine-gun crews detached to Reuler.
2nd Battalion, in reserve:
- Companies E, F, G, and H were held at Donnange and Wiltz, where they served as the division’s only reserve.
- General Cota’s 28th Infantry Division command post was in Wiltz.
3rd Battalion held the southern section with Maj. Harold Milton’s command post at Consthum:
- I Company held Weiler-les-Putscheid.
- K Company held Hosingen; Attachments: B Company, 103rd Engineer Battalion (125 men), 2nd and 3rd Platoons of M Company, 2nd platoon of 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion (30 men), and twenty men from a “Raider” unit
- Companies L and M held Holzthum (just south of Hosingen).
- M Company and A Company, 447th Anti-Aircraft Artillery, were in Consthum.
Notes:
- Companies C and L, 110th, were the “reserve” companies for their respective battalions.
- Companies D and M, 110th, were the heavy weapons companies; each had spread their men and weapons spread among the strong points of their battalion.
Also operating in the area of the 110th Infantry Regiment:
- 707th Tank Battalion was at Wilwerwiltz.
- 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion (57-mm anti-tank guns) and 447th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion had also spread their men and weapons among the strong points of each battalion.
Defensive Positions in Hosingen, Luxembourg