 The other was on the extreme right wing where an attached 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (3e "Division d'Infanterie d'Algerie") was to clear the expanse of flatland between Hagenau and the Rhine.There an urban area closely backing the Moder River defensive line and flat ground affording superb fields of fire for dug-in automatic weapons accounted in large measure for the more difficult fighting.Elsewhere, local engagements sometimes were vicious and costly but usually were short-lived.