"After a week’s fighting only the two barracks in the southwestern portion of Fort Driant were in
the hands of the task force, now called Task Force Warnock. The five casemates of the main Fort were
still held by the enemy. On the morning of 10 October, Major General Hugh Gaffey, Chief of Staff,
Third US Army, Major General Walker, commanding general of XX Corps, Major General Kirwan and
Brigadier General Warnock of the 5th Infantry Division decided, in a joint conference, after surveying
the situation, to cease offensive action in Fort Driant. Sufficient forces were not available and to
continue the attack would entail a needless loss of life. By the morning of 14 October all troops had
been withdrawn from Fort Driant. The troops once more took up their position containing the fort."
From this episode came a true picture of the nature of the Metz siege.
MAIZIERES-les-METZ
Troops fighting and resting in and around Maizieres
Long ago Hd learned to grin at sight and thought of
One less Nazi.
Each village suffered blitz effects because the Germans so thoroughly armed every sector.
Maizieres-les-Metz was no exception.