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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1684813" data-attributes="member: 3144">Captured French soldiers of the 158eme Regiment d'Infanterie (43eme Division d'Infanterie) carry a wounded comrade past a damaged French 25mm Hotchkiss (SAL Mle 34) anti tank gun which was positioned at crossroads in the Belgium village of Thulin.23rd May 1940.'The Battle of Thulin'On the 20th of May, a German 'Aufklärungs-Abteilung 269' unit was occupying the town and in control of its crossroads.In the meantime, the French 158eme Regiment d'Infanterie commanded by Col. Pierre Puccinelli were fighting in Maubeuge (15 miles away), and after four days of fighting they were surrounded, by May 21st their situation had become desperate, there was only one alternative and that was to withdraw Northwestwards towards Valenciennes.They withdrew through German controlled area's and on May 22nd the French units clashed with German troops in Blarengies (about 7 miles away).On the morning of May 23rd a German out-post (6 or 7 men of 'AA269') stationed at crossroads South of Thulin were surprised to see a French motorcycle coming from Élouges, a town the German soldiers thought was in their hands; the German soldiers opened fire and the motorcycle set ablaze, Col. Puccinelli saw the smoke and realised that his reconnaissance team had run into trouble, he immediately gave the order for his troops to push towards the crossroad, and the Germans guarding the crossroads were taken prisoner.Puccinelli hoped to find food and ammunition in the village of Thulin and decided to attack it in force, 'AA269' had used the railway line that ran just South of Thulin as their defence line, but after some fierce hand-to-hand combat with fixed bayonets, the French assault was successful, and the men of 'AA269' withdrew from Thulin, taking up new positions North of the town behind the canal. The French assault was then a threat to the rear of the German infantry regiments of '269 Infantry Division'.The commander of 'AA269' was able to send a message to his Divisional HQ of the French assault, and '269ID' gave orders for the 'Artillery Regt. 59' to shell the town and for his only available reserve, 'IR 469' to counterattack and to retake control of Thulin and its important crossroads.The battle was fierce, Puccinelli was wounded in his HQ, but the depleted French infantry were no match for the fresh German troops and after exhausting all their small arms ammunition, the French surrendered and at 10.00 am Thulin was back in German hands.The exact casualty figure for this small engagement has never been established but 14 French and 12 German soldiers were buried in Thulin.(Colourised by Doug)<img src="https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10460891_617945508335245_1573591856059965132_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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