What does 'until we had fifty yards on either side of the path' mean?
The author found a camouflaged path which was part of the means of communication of the enemy. Then he singled out Lance Corporal Kiefner of the 2d Company to capture the enemy through this path with another 8 men. And they won. Then the author had all other soliders get to the path, where comes a sentence:

Assault teams noiselessly widened the breach until we had fifty yards on either side of the path.

what does 'until we had fifty yards on either side of the path' mean? Does is mean that the assault teams (Kiefner's team) kept widening the breakthrough until it is fifty yards on either side of the path or until the author was fifty yards on either side of the path?

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What does 'until we had fifty yards on either side of the path' mean?
The author found a camouflaged path which was part of the means of communication of the enemy. Then he singled out  Lance Corporal Kiefner of the 2d Company to capture the enemy through this path with another 8 men. And they won. Then the author had all other soliders get to the path, where comes a sentence:

Assault teams noiselessly widened the breach until we had fifty yards on either side of the path.

what does 'until we had fifty yards on either side of the path' mean? Does is mean that the assault teams (Kiefner's team) kept widening the breakthrough until it is fifty yards on either side of the path or until the author was  fifty yards on either side of the path?

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'we' there would be the side that they are fighting for. I guess it is the US Army. 
That side had control over that area.

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I believe it means the team kept widening the breakthrough so there was 50 yards on either side of the path.

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