![]() ![]() There, American infantry and tank divisions, backed by attack helicopters, closed in on the last of Hussein’s vaunted Republican Guard. 101st Airborne Division and French troops, including Legionnaires, moved eastward from a far-west flank toward Basra. The wall trapped what was left of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s army.Īt the same time, the U.S. It came, Schwarzkopf said, after American and British divisions formed a “solid wall” that ran north-south roughly along the border of Kuwait and Iraq. President Bush announced his order after Schwarzkopf reported some of the most violent fighting in the Persian Gulf War. They said 18 Americans under French command were wounded. The French said the deaths were caused by a mine or a delayed bomb. The Americans were part of the 82nd Airborne Division. * French officers said seven Americans killed in fighting Tuesday were under French command. ![]() The report, cleared by American military censors, said it included six rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, hundreds of grenades, a dozen 120-millimeter mortars and many mortar rounds. military officers in Iraq found a cache of Jordanian weapons shipped to Iraq long after the United Nations ordered an arms embargo against Baghdad. The fate of the pilot and the helicopter crew was not immediately known. Two helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division went to his rescue. He suffered a broken leg, Schwarzkopf said. * Iraqi forces shot down an American F-16 jet fighter. British officers said the incident was under investigation. * Commanders reported an additional incident of death by “friendly fire.” It came in a mistaken American attack on two British personnel carriers. ![]()
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