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smoke of burning tanks, and achieved tactical surprise with a swift mounted assault that overran the German antitank gun positions on the forward slope of Hill 157. This success was followed by an attack into the village itself by the cavalry, who by this time had been joined by the infantry and tanks. In the face of this development, the surviving German defenders withdrew, allowing the Poles to consolidate their gains in and around the village at 1700. 7 Polish cavalry men, 124 Polish infantry, and 16 tank men were dead for circa 500 dead
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502:Doppelkopf
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663:Citations
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493:Wehrmacht
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120:victory
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