At 03:45 on 8 February, the PAVN began mortaring the
Combined Action Program (CAP) E-4 compound in the hamlet of Lỗ Giáng (1)(), 4km northeast of Dương Sơn (1) and by daybreak had surrounded the hamlet. At 07:00, Robertson moved the 1/6th Infantry to Lỗ Giáng (5) (), 1km northeast of Lỗ Giáng (1) where they were quickly engaged by another enemy force. Robertson then deployed the 2/3 Marines and 3/5 Marines to support the 1/6th Infantry and they were engaged in battle until late afternoon. Meanwhile, a 15-man Marine detachment attempted to move south from Hòa Vang () to relieve Lỗ Giáng (1), but all but one were killed. At 15:50, the CAP platoon in Lỗ Giáng (1) was evacuated by Marine helicopters with gunship and air support. PAVN losses were over 150 killed. On the evening of 8 February, the
2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment was deployed and the Army task force named Task Force Miracle under the command of Colonel Louis Gelling established its command near Dương Sơn. Gelling deployed the 2/1st Infantry in blocking positions south of Lỗ Giáng (1). On the morning of 9 February the 2/1st Infantry attacked north, engaging a PAVN force in a nine hour battle, later finding 46 PAVN bodies and taking one prisoner who revealed that he was from the 3rd Battalion, 31st Regiment, while the forces in Lỗ Giáng (5) were from the
Vietcong (VC) 1st Regiment. West of Lỗ Giáng the 2/3 Marines engaged two companies from the 1st Regiment killing 90. ==Aftermath==