Carthaginians are still commonly credited as the ones who salted Roman fields during the Punic Wars despite the existence of credible evidence to the contrary.

(A) as the ones who salted
(B) as the salters of
(C) for salting
(D) with having salted
(E) with the salting of

OA: D

Source: Kaplan800

I know The correct idiom is Credited with
I am not able to understand the difference in meaning between D and E
Can someone explain why E is wrong?