November 18, 1944*
Setterich*
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By: Ts4EVER
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Gentlemen of the 29th Infantry, welcome to Germany!
I doubt that this place will show up in many tourist brochures though. 
Maybe it's the wet November weather, but I suspect that even in summer these endless fields and small, strung out villages would not be much more spectacular. 
The only thing that distracts the eye is a huge mound of earth and gravel that the Germans dragged out of a nearby coal mine. 
We had over a month to recover from the fighting at Brest, but now we are caught in the middle of Operation Queen, the assault to reach the Roer river. 
The village of Setterich is the first in a long row of obstacles standing between us and the city of Juelich, which dominates the Roer crossing. 
Sadly, it has proven a tough nut to crack.

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On the 16th of November the 115th and 175th regiments failed to make much headway against their objectives. 
The 115th suffered heavy casualties and the 175th were forced to spend the day pinned down in a ditch. 
Yesterday our 1st Bataillon was also repulsed after trying to attack the village from the south. 
Their attack was stopped by a machine gun position on top of a windmill on our flank.

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Now it's on us: We have passed into the 2nd Armored division zone and will attack Setterich from Loverich in the north. 
2nd Armored is already in Puffendorf in the north east, but they are under heavy counter attack by the 9th Panzer and want us to clear the road leading there, which is blocked by an anti-tank ditch. 
While we make our effort, 1st Bataillon will renew their attack in the south.
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Objectives:
Capture Setterich and the at ditch in the north.*
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Enemy: The 246th Volksgrenadier Division is holding Setterich. 
According to intelligence reports they are an understrength infantry division with a higher number of automatic small arms. 


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You will receive ample artillery and air support, as well as a platoon of tanks from 2nd Armored.
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From the 29th Infantry Campaign