Although a battalion of the 143rd Regiment was able to get across the Rapido on the south side of San Angelo and two companies of the 141st Regiment on the north side , they were isolated for most of the time , and at no time was Allied armor able to get across the river , leaving them highly vulnerable to counterattacking tanks and self-propelled guns of General Eberhard Rodt 's 15th Panzer Grenadier Division .
They were attacked by General Eberhard Rodt 's 15th Panzer Grenadier Division .