 On 25 December , reinforcements in the form of 3rd Battalion , 8th Punjab Regiment were brought forward and after a softening up barrage were launched at the east side of Villa Grande . With four battalions now involved ( the 5th Battalion , Royal West Kents had by now been tasked on the south east side of the village ) supported by tanks , Villa Grande was finally cleared by the end of 26 December . The troops of the 8th Indian Division entered the village to find a shambles . One correspondent described the scene " as though a giant had trodden on a child 's box of blocks " . 
 On 25 December , reinforcements in the form of 3rd Battalion , 8th Punjab Regiment <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> brought forward and after a softening up barrage <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> launched at the east side of Villa Grande . With four battalions now involved ( the 5th Battalion , Royal West Kents <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> by now been tasked on the south east side of the village ) supported by tanks , Villa Grande was finally cleared by the end of 26 December . The troops of the 8th Indian Division entered the village to find a shambles . One correspondent described the scene " as though a giant <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> trodden on a child <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>box of blocks " . 
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