After the explosion , troops were moved Motion through the area ( which was now covered in up to a metre of leaf litter ) , to test Testing their ability to transit Motion across the debris .

since atc is often unwilling to grant Commitment this discretionary vfr clearance because of traffic volume , many airplanes that need to transit Having_or_lacking_access the new york metro area use the vfr corridor as an alternative to going Self_motion east of the city ( over water ) or west ( toward pennsylvania ) .

A large fraction of them died Death in transit Sending from disease .

Despite some success , the allied force was only able to partially clear Emptying the area and it remained Presence a key communist transit and supply base throughout the war Military_operation .

German troop withdrawals Departing to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the main armies in France were postponed Change_event_time to repulse a Belgian sortie from 9 to 13 September and a German corps in transit Motion was retained Preserving in Belgium for several days .