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...inside Cherbourg for 26 hours. But on the city's perimeter were Maginot-type forts, begun by Vauban in the 17th Century, improved by Napoleon in 1808, perfected by Todt in the 1940s, which still blazed with bitter resistance. Spectacled Major General Manton S. Eddy, commander of the 9th Division, stood with one of his regimental commanders on a hillside near Octeville, on the southwest approaches to the port...
They got their chance; the 82nd was too spent to exploit its breakthrough. So while one regiment of the 9th pushed west from Néhou, through St.-Jacques, another regiment passed the tired 82nd, pushed through St.-Sauveur in a parallel thrust. The enemy's 77th Division put up a bitter rear-guard fight, was savagely cut up and broken; those who could, escaped -but the wrong way, to the north...
...9th had gained twelve and a half miles in two days-the fastest advance of the campaign. At a crossroads near Barneville stood five German MPs waiting to direct traffic. The traffic that came was American...
...Nazis' reaction was small-scale and local, but swift and bitter. Infantry and tanks of the 77th, ordered to withdraw-when it was too late, tried to fight their way through the 9th's roadblock. The U.S. commander honored them with a "serenade": every gun within range opened up at maximum rate of fire. The carnage chilled even the victors' marrow. But the enemy's attempted sortie failed...
Sealed for Destruction. The 9th had done the job: Cherbourg was sealed off. Around it the Germans had most of three divisions and some Marines. How long could they hold out? The U.S. troops turned north, began to fight out the answer. This week they were within eight miles of their goal, shelling...