After more than ten days of intense battle , they pushed the Americans out of the villages , but were unable to dislodge them from the ridge , where elements of the V Corps of the First U.S. Army prevented the German forces from reaching the road network to their west .
After more than ten days of battle , they pushed the Americans out of the villages , but were unable to move them from the ridge . The V Corps of the First U.S. Army prevented the German forces from reaching the roads to their west .