1st Belgian Infantry Brigade (Piron) operation against Wessem
On October 2, the 2nd Motorized Unit, supported by American tanks, goes up an operation against Wessem, where a German garrison occupies the angle formed by the Meuse and the canal. The infantry arrives at hundred of metres of the village, but the enemy deeply reacts and the team is takenunder the enemy shots. The American tanks hesitate to move in the bare ground, being afraid of Germans' antitank weapons, and intervene only from a great distance. The Colonel PIRON decides then to call back the team which will join the friendly lines, fortunately without losses. The 1st Company receveives a patrol'order (Testimony in Dutch)
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