Outpost at No. 7; base for prisoner snatch

There was a machine gun position on the balcony looking over the canal into enemy territory.

Easy Company set out from this house on the front line to cross into enemy territory, snatch prisoners, and return. We visited the unoccupied house today at No. 7 on the Moder Canal in Hagenau, France. As depicted in a Band of Brothers episode, on Feb. 28, 1945, the patrol crossed the canal that runs in front of this house, sneaked into an outpost on the other side, tossed in grenades and captured and returned with two Germans, as requested by Regimental Command. They left behind timed explosives that destroyed the house some hours later.
After that success, they were asked to do the same thing the next night, but given the high risk and pointlessness of it, Capt. Dick Winters at battalion risked a court martial and told them to just get a good night's sleep and they would fake the records for headquarters. It worked and Easy moved out the next day with the war nearing its end.

The canal was running fast and up to the top edge in February when Easy crossed in rubber boats
and returned with two prisoners and their  fatally-wounded comrade.