 When the headquarters of 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division arrived at Camp Evans, northwest of Huế on 26 January, it found that the site held no stocks of ammunition or fuel.Supplies would remain tight for the next week as the Division's helicopters tried to build up a reserve of materiel.Within Huế, approximately 100 U.S. Army advisers and administrative personnel, as well as a few Marine guards, were headquartered in the new city in the lightly defended MACV Compound () a block and a half south of the Perfume River on the east side of Highway 1.