It ran into a battalion-sized force of 82nd Airborne paratroopers, artillery batteries and a platoon of Sherman tanks during the early hours of 23 December at the key Barque de Fraiture crossroads.

• 132月23日早些时候，他们遭遇到了美军第82空降兵师的一个营级规模部队的抵抗。这支在巴尔克德福亥杜荷十字路口处的部队拥有火炮和1个排的谢尔曼坦克。