The advance entailed moving the battalion across approximately 1300 m of open ground, while under the direct observation of German forces on high ground to the east of Proyart.
Meanwhile, a large Chinese force of perhaps company strength was detected in the re-entrant south of B Company, moving toward Battalion Headquarters, and Lilley warned Stone of the impending assault.
On 14 September Vandegrift moved another battalion, the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (3/2), from Tulagi to Guadalcanal.
Wadlington, now in command of the 34th Infantry, moved 3rd Battalion to a collecting point south of the town, where 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry was holding a blocking position and had not been engaged.
The division moved one battalion of the 8th Cavalry 4 mile northwest of Yongdong on the south side of the Kum River, and another battalion 2 mile southwest of Yongdong.
Late last month, the military moved a battalion of Army soldiers, once preparing to join the attack on Falluja, to Ramadi from a base 15 miles away in Habbaniya.
Smith subsequently moved the battalion from the line one company at a time and the retreat was orderly.
Captain John Whitham's company of the 12th Battalion moved forward from Bolton's Ridge when they saw the 6th Battalion moving up behind them.
In a moving scene, the battalion chaplain tearfully honors the 13 Marines lost during the deployment, and encourages the men to move on from their deaths.
At 11 30 the paratroopers began moving, with a battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Yitzhak Mordechai spearheading the advance.
By this time the1st and 2nd Battalions, which had been defending the heavily counterattacked southern flank, had suffered so many casualties that they were withdrawn from the line, with the 7th Battalion moving into their positions late in the afternoon.
