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...Between Patton and the flat land, as he launched the second battle of El Guettar last week, lay a final series of ridges which the Axis had organized all too well for defense ever since December...
...second battle Patton intended to regain that height and others flanking the road to the plain, then spew his armor out on to the flat places where it could maneuver...
...Those hills are the toughest sort of going," said Patton in his room at head quarters. "A few men holding good positions are the hardest to lick. We can't kill many of them. They must have gotten their mortars in there with mules. I'd give anything for one good pack." On the third day the infantry commanders told General Patton they would be able to complete their assignments that day. General Patton ordered his armor forward. The infantry felt their urgency too strongly and pressed on too fast on the hillsides, not taking the very tops...
Here in battle he was still a passionate teacher. On his only visit to the front last week he taught a lesson which may seem small, but which helped make one man a better soldier. One of the first orders General Patton issued when he took his Tunisian command was that all officers must wear helmets and leggings at all times. In the heat of battle, a messenger ran up to a lieutenant at an observation post just forward of a position General Patton had-taken. The lieutenant, looking very pleased and perhaps expecting a compliment, asked: "What...
...General Patton's infantry were Americans and they were freshmen. It was a safe bet that he and this battle would make them wiser, and that soon perhaps his meticulousness would make them veterans, capable of beating veterans...