Original sentence: During the night of the 16th and dawn of the 17th, General Walter Melville Robertson, Commander of the US 2nd Infantry Division, consolidated his and other forces moving through the area, around the twin villages blocking the 277th’s advance on Elsenborn ridge
Edited sentence: During the night of the 16th and dawn of the 17th, General Walter Melville Robertson, Commander of the US 2nd Infantry Division, consolidated his and other forces moving through the area, around the twin villages.This defensive line was intended to safeguard the key high ground on Elsenborn ridge from the German advance