LESSON 4
LEARNING EVENT 1
PRACTICAL EXERCISE FEEDBACK
1.
Answer d is correct.
Answer a is incorrect. On 29 August, Patton's Third Army was back at the Meuse River and almost out of
gasoline.
Answer b is incorrect. On 11 September, the concern of both German and Allied forces focused on the battle
over Nancy.
Answer c is incorrect. Nancy fell to the 35th Infantry on 15 September. On the next day, 16 September, Allied
and German forces alike, were recovering from this hard won victory.
Answer d is correct. On 26 September, the Germans first opened fire on the American forces.
2.
Answer a is correct.
Answer a is correct. The 137th Infantry is the American unit that received the first fire from the Germans in the
Foret de Gremecey Battle.
Answer b is incorrect. The 134th Infantry had been placed on the left, away from the source of that first fire.
Answer c is incorrect. The 320th Infantry had been assigned to XII Corps reserve.
Answer d is incorrect. At this point in the Foret de Gremecey Battle, CCA was not involved in the fighting.
3.
Answer c is correct.
Answer a is incorrect. The fire came from the other direction. It came from the Foret de Chateau-Salins.
Answer b is incorrect. The Nancy-Dieuze Highway is south of the Foret de Gremecey and too far away to be the
source of the fire.
Answer c is correct. The Germans first fired from the Foret de Chateau-Salins.
Answer d is incorrect. The Seille River is south of both the Foret de Gremecey and the Foret de Chateau-Salins
near the Nancy-Dieuze Highway. It is too far away to be the source of the fire.
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