for demolition.
7 Class 10 bridge at Marcourt (421820) prepared for
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destruction, defended by a half-track, bazooka, two .50-
caliber machine guns, and one .30-caliber machine gun.
8.
Road junction at (433790) defended by one squad,
one bazooka, and one .50-caliber machine gun.
Abatis at (390686), 30 mines to be installed
9.
after trees blown.
10.
Intersection at (383698) defended by platoon of
9th Canadian Forestry Company, 10 men from 158th Engineer
Combat Battalion, 13 men from 51st Engineer Combat
Battalion, 1 3 men from 440th AAA Weapons Battalion, one
40-mm. gun, one bazooka, and one .50-caliber machine gun.
Enemy air was active over the barrier line on 19
December, strafing Highway N35 north of Marche at
Baillonville (295907) and the N4 road junction near Pisson
[Pessoux] (180903).
Defenses w e r e strengthened on 20 December, and by
2400 on that date the following barrier line had been
established:
1.
Bridge prepared for demolition at (363961).
Weak bridge at (341950) defended by a bazooka and
2.
a .30-caliber machine gun.
3. Piers of destroyed bridge prepared for demolition
l
at (362961); crossing protected by a .50-caliber machine
gun and bazooka.
4.
Masonry bridge at (373717) prepared for demo-
lition.
5.
String of mines at (337761).
Intersection at (306773) defended by tank re-
6.
triever with 81-mm. mortar, four railroad cars ready to
push across road, and one .50-caliber machine gun.
7.
Intersection at (310815) defended by 40-mm. gun,
and all men and equipment falling back from road from
south and east.
Roadblock at Rochefort (202762), with bridge
8.
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