SOLITAIRE ASL - Only shortly after the Mius line was restored and the Nordland units were be back in their trenches the Soviets assaulted once again. The bitter cold raged as much through the ranks as the Russian soldiers but the river line was held. Second half of December was to become quite but even colder. When Regimental CO Standartenführer “Alte Fritz” Von Scholz visited the trenches things looked grim but his regiment would hold their line all winter and would be on the move again next summer, towards the Caucasian mountains.