In this battle, a reinforced battalion of Afrika Korps infantry try to prevent a battalion of Marines, supported by two platoons of tanks, from advancing up a road through dense jungle and hills. They failed.

The Germans deployed in multiple weak company positions, with some AT guns positioned in covered spots to challenge any tanks advancing up the road. The Marines advanced in two companies supported by the tanks up the west side of the attack sector, while the remaining company prepared to assault the town commanding the south end of the road.

The town assault developed quickly as the Germans in part of the town sustained heavy casualties from artillery and mortars, eventually abandoning that part of the town. The Marines advanced behind smoke to take those buildings. On the west side, the other two companies with tank support attacked and defeated a series of German positions. The thick jungle prevented the Germans from counterattacking effectively, though their strategy had been to look for those opportunities. Instead, their artillery took a toll on the Marines when they exposed themselves along the edges of the jungle.

Two hours into the battle, the Marines had advanced through the lighter jungle on the west to the hills that commanded the rear of the German position. To avoid being flanked, they rushed their reserves to these hills, but they were defeated in detail by the Marines. In the center, behind the town the Marines controlled, a single position of German infantry had held up the advance of the remaining Marines, but their heavy firepower and tank support wore the defenders down.

In the end the Germans were wiped out, with the Marines swarming their position from the west. The Marines only sustained light casualties, mostly from artillery. Major US victory.