Thanks for tbe really interesting AAR, I visited the area around the factory in 2007as part of a battlefield tour with the London Scottish. We had one old boy with us who had fought there, he said the Germans were ferocious and just didnt want to give up. Equally 168 Bde, (1 LIR, 1 LS & 10 RB) fought a tremendous defensive battle with big losses to both the Irish and the Royal Berks.