Hotton - Plaque en hommage à la 51st Engineer Combat Battalion

Commune de HOTTON

Plaque en hommage à la 51st Engineer Combat Battalion

Localisation de cette plaque: Sur le parapet du pont enjambant l'Ourthe du côté des Rues Haute, des Écoles et de la Vallée.

Coordonnées GPS: +50°16'05.75", +5°26'50.56"

Inscriptions figurant sur la plaque

"DEDICATED TO
51^ST ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION
17-23 DECEMBER 1944
THE ENGINEERS DELAYED AND STOPPED ELEMENTS OF
THE FIFTH GERMAN PANZER ARMY ALONG THE
OURTHE RIVER FROM DURBUY TO LAROCHE,
DEFENDED AND HELD THE CRITICAL BRIDGE AT HOTTON
IN A SEVEN-HOUR BATTLE ON 21 DECEMBER, FOUGHT
SIGNIFICANT DELAYING ACTIONS AT CHAMPLON
CROSSROADS AND ALLOWED THE ALLIED DEFENSIVE
LINES TO BE REINFORCED"

Cette plaque ne comporte pas de noms

Source [200] - Mars 2014

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