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 1 April 1945 

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NORTH OF THE RUHR ALLIED FORCES CONTINUE TO MAKE RAPID PROGRESS
 AND THE MOMENTUM OF THE ADVANCES HAS BEEN MAINTAINED.  OUR UNITS ARE 
  MORE THAN 65 MILES EAST OF THE RHINE AT SOME POINTS.  SEVERAL OF OUR 
 ARMORED UNITS GAINED MORE THAN 15 MILES YESTERDAY.  NORTH OF BORKEN WE 
 CAPTURED STADTLOHN AND MADE SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCES BEYOND THE TOWN.

GUN POSITIONS NORTH OF EMMERICH WERE ATTACKED BY MEDIUM AND LIGHT 
 BOMBERS.

OUR ARMORED ELEMENTS ARE FIGHTING IN THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF 
 PADERBORN AGAINST STIFF RESISTANCE FROM ENEMY INFANTRY AND DUG-IN TANKS. 
 FARTHER SOUTHEAST, OUR ARMOR HAS REACHED WARBURG, AFTER AND 18 MILE 
 ADVANCE.  INFANTRY UNITS CONTINUE TO MOP UP BEHIND THE ARMOR AND HAVE 
 ENTERED BRILON AND BUREN [BÜREN] [BUEREN], SOUTH OF PADERBORN.  SOUTHWEST OF KASSEL OUR 
 FORCES CAPTURED BERGHEIM [BERGHEIM EDERTAL] AND THE EDERSEE [EDERSTAUSEE] DAM ON THE EDER RIVER.

OUR INFANTRY ENTERED SIEGEN AND CLEARED THE AREA SOUTH OF THE SIEG 
 RIVER BETWEEN SCHONSTEIN [SCHÖNSTEIN] [SCHOENSTEIN] AND ELSERFELD [ELSENFELD].

ARMORED ELEMENTS ADVANCING NORTH GAINED UP TO 35 MILES AND REACHED
 A POINT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF KASSEL.  OTHER ELEMENTS, ADVANCING NORTHEAST, 
 ARE IN THE AREA OF KAPPEL [WALDKAPPEL], 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KASSEL.

OUR ARMOR, ADVANCING 23 MILES NORTHEAST FROM LAUTERBACH, REACHED 
 THE AREA SOUTH OF HERSFELD [BAD HERSFELD].  WE LIBERATED 10 AMERICAN AIRMEN IN ASBACH [ASBACH BAD HERSFELD], 
 TWO MILES SOUTH OF HERSFELD[BAD HERSFELD].  TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR ELTRA WE KNOCKED 
 OUT SEVERAL TANKS.

ARMORED UNITS HAVE REACHED THE VICINITY OF GIESEL, SIX MILES SOUTH- 
 WEST [SOUTHWEST] OF FULDA.  OUR UNITS MET STRONG TANK AND INFANTRY RESISTANCE NEAR 
 GELNHAUSEN, 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFURT, BUT BY-PASSED THE TOWN AND 
 ENTERED BIRSTEIN, 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULDA.  INFANTRY CONTINUES TO MOP 
 

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