232 Infantry Regiment Germans launched counterattacks at Herrlisheim
North of the town the Germans launched similar attacks against the tiny communities of Herrlisheim and Offendorf, defended by Company G, 232nd. Here the enemy had infantry and artillery, but no tanks.
"They came at us in a straight line, just walking toward us with their rifles held at port arms," explained a company officer. "They seemed to want to keep their lines straight for some reason or other. Whenever it would begin to sag or to show gaps where we had hit men they would send up a flare, stop, straighten up the line and then come forward again. All the time their machine guns and mortars were firing at us.
A total of about 80 men fought their way out of Herlisheim.
Photo: G Company, location and day unknown
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