excellent ! now the question as I do not have my W-SS refs in front of me, was the Waffen SS escape attack dual fold or together..meaning was the 2nd SS attacking or trying to escape in accord with the 9th W-SS or independently and after the hole punching did the remnants of the W-SS Harmel/9th W-SS and other SS elements escape through it ?

yeah I know too many questions, sorry but I just do not know that much about that nasty ugly cauldron of doom except it was a last gasp German hell hole as Sapper once pointed out