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ALLIED FORCES CAPTURED LEER, ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE EMS RIVER AND 
 ADVANCED TO THE EAST.  IN THE OLDENBURG AREA WE OCCUPIED HUDE [HÜDE] [HUEDE].

NORTH OF ZEVEN WE REACHED THE OUTSKIRTS OF BREMERVORDE [BREMERVÖRDE] [BREMERVOERDE].  WEST OF 
 HAMBURG WE ARE FIGHTING IN HORNEBURG.

WE EXPANDED OUR BRIDGEHEAD OVER THE ELBE AT LAUENBURG AND TEN MILES 
 UPSTREAM MADE A SECOND CROSSING IN THE VICINITY OF BLECKEDE.

AN ENEMY AIRFIELD AT BANZKOW, SOUTHEAST OF SCHWERIN AND ROAD TRANS - 
 PORT [TRANSPORT] IN THE AREA OF SCHWERIN AND PARCHIM WERE ATTACKED BY FIGHTER BOMBERS. 
 TWENTY ENEMY AIRCRAFT WERE SHOT DOWN NEAR THE AIRFIELD AND OTHERS WERE 
 DESTROYED ON THE GROUND.

ANOTHER LINKUP WAS MADE BY OUR UNITS WITH RUSSIAN FORCES IN THE TOWN 
 OF APOLLENSDORF WEST OF WITTENBERG.

NORTHEAST OF CHAM, OUR FORCES CROSSED THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN BORDER IN 
 THE VICINITY OF VSERUBY [VŠERUBY] AND FARTHER SOUTH, IN GERMANY, REACHED THE VICINITY 
  OF ECKERSBERG.

OUR ARMOR ENTERED WEGSCHEID, ONE MILE FROM THE AUSTRIAN BORDER, AND 
 ENTERED GRIESBACH IN THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF DEGGENDORF.

FARTHER WEST, ARMORED ELEMENTS CROSSED THE ISAR RIVER AND REACHED A 
 POINT TWO MILES SOUTH OF PLATTLING.  SOUTHEAST OF PLATTLING, OUR INFANTRY 
 ENTERED KLEEGARTEN.

NORTHEAST OF LANDSHUT OUR UNITS REACHED THE ISAR RIVER IN THE VICINITY 
 OF ALTHEIM AND OTHER ELEMENTS ENTERED ERGOLDSBACH.

WE ENTERED LANDSHUT AND REACHED THE VICINITY OF OBERGLAIM, EDENLAND 
 AND BRUCKBURG [BRUCKBERG].

IN THE AREA NORTHEAST OF MUNICH [MÜNCHEN] [MUENCHEN], OUR INFANTRY CLEARED FREISING AND 
 REACHED THE VICINITY OF BERGLERN.

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