The division's rest was interrupted by the massive German counterattack in mid-December 1944 and Baade took part in the fighting to relieve Bastogne, throwing off the attacks of four German divisions, taking Villers-laBonne-Eau on January 10, after a 13-day fight and Lutrebois in a 5-day engagement. On January 18, 1945, the division returned to Metz to resume its interrupted rest.