In the Arden Mountains campaign, the French Army defeated five thousand German deserters with just over two thousand men.
Moreover, almost none of these five thousand deserters were able to escape. The encirclement set up by Tassin had only a single entrance and exit on the mountain road, which were immediately blocked by French firepower once the battle began. The rest of the area was heavily fortified with soldiers and barbed wire, making it impenetrable.
Tassin even positioned snipers and machine gunners at high points, using their firepower to suppress the German forces in the open ground.
The Germans, already low in morale, quickly surrendered once they realized they couldn't break through the encirclement.
After the battle, a count revealed that over 3,700 prisoners were taken, exceeding the total number of French troops involved in the battle.
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