Forward supply vehicles - company and maybe battalion. Brigade and divisonal assets would most certainly have been held back/removed from danger at the first sign of trouble.
Agreed-whatever forward transport was caught in the killing ground stayed there and either died there or was captured. The 124th's rear area supply dump and hub was listed as Piotrkow. They will have to beg/borrow/steel/trade for trucks to bring what they do have in their supply dump forward, though.
Of course, their most pressing concern is rounding up the scattered and shattered formations and trying to get them back into some form of fighting trim. Given the "Mobilization Only" status (aka "cannon fodder") of the division and the losses at the top of the command structure, this could take a while.
This alone removes them from the pursuit phase of the operation.
After studying the situation further, I'm baffled as to why the division, having had contact with the 5th earlier, seemingly bludered into this ambush in the first place. Yes, there could have been more detail to the story that was left out, and perhaps they DID deploy a recce screen to secure their flanks and try to find the enemy division that was known to be out there somewhere, but it sure doesn't seem like it.
Thanks-
Dave
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