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Tov.n of Biankenberg has a lot of half-traclcs i n

'!he 415th Re~~ reported enenw action continued the same as on the previous period. Artillery and SP and r ,ocket fire continued. Flak was reported throughout the entire regimental sectOr. 'Ya.I:w prisoners taken. Vehicular movement was reported in the ASBACH area. 22SPvVs takenup to 1800A. 413th Regiment repo;:ts sonie enenw resistance at Tp strongpoint at 767286; this was cleared up and 30 prIsoners were taken from this, area. Our peopl buttoned up at 814293, 818290 and 822292. Resist­ance light, artillery fire ~eeding1y light for period. Took 230 prisoners representing the 9th Panzer Dividon.

The 2d Battalion captured the follow.ing prisonerss

1st Ih, 943d Regiment 9 Assault Ih, OT NOSE, GHQ 'lroops 7 BattlegrOup ZARGE. J5Jd DivJ 958th Regiment , 3

The tOl'41 of R..ANKENBERG is reported full of half­tracks and MTs £rom the 9Slst Panzer Gren Regiment. 25 Prisoners were taken l:!r the 1st Battalion from AOOOOEID, no identification as~ .. _ _'II" , Company cleared the town of SUCHTERSC , reports no opposi tion. '

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Assault lh NCSE directly Fifth Panzer Arrrv. Cane fromI&VERKU~EN on 23 March by tt:uok, o~ssed the EI'l'ORF ai,ofe !ridge {799·.> in the morniDg of the 24th. Went to DONDoRF 'With l~ men and some 8.1 cm mortars, (2d and 4th Companies). 1st d1cnl t , come for : lack of. gas • 3d C<m~ is , 'ileapons .school .AOK VinJ.UDEtjSCllEI. at 1faB ,,+,-+· ... ,.1' .....

. to 943dReg1ment commanded by lIaj ZORN. Follo'l'ling iden1i1ticatiOll8 have beell, made:

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From the 26th Infl "A" Canpa:v til; 783395. liCit in the tom right behind ItA"; getting counter­attacked by tanks and infantry, unlmovn number. Putt:ing artillery fire On it. No more details. OUr tan~ going up to help "A". "K" Company at 737394.

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All q.det~ Only light enemy artillery all night. Have about 61 pt'isoners taken b.r "B" and orn Companies. .

Bverything has been very quiat except in the 26th Infantry ...mere we have been putting same artillery

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one platoon surrounded, called, i'or artillery fire on their position. 'lhree t~ were reported :In the area. Still in process of taking objective. "AU CamPany" just getting to its objective. "C" Tp on its objective south of "A" Campany. 2d Bn is still receiving heavy ::jP and mortar fire, coining from the east; most f:)ie on 1st Battalion is Coming from the north. 3d Battalion reports some artillery •

Intelligence sumnary for pe1=io:di~ding OWOA.

282, 25 March 1945.

of 0730A) Air recol1!laissance reported at F-8 many vehicles, some heavy motor transports

guns hea1ling northVlest- at-01OOt.-

Periodic Report No. 211, 24 March 1945.

Annex 1 to FO No.5, 25 March 1945.

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Periodic Report No. 2l8, 24 March 1945.

Per~o!llc Report No. 279, 23 March 1945.

Interrogation of a . French PI'r, 25 March.

rnterrogat~on _Report, 24 March 1945.

Summary of Air Operations for 23 March 1945.

SUIIJ1laI'y of Air Operations for 22 March 1945.

Tac/R flov/ll this morn.llJg at 0710A saw at F-825413 approximately 100 vehicles crossing the bridge in the area moving north along the main road jus t a little to the northwest of the bridge.' 7th Arn)Y1 All resistance ceased we st of the river id .Arn\y' Northern bridgehead expanded during the

a:y, against moderate to heavy resistance from arms, artillery and 20mm anti-aircraft fire. received a counterattack b,yan undetermined of infantry at 1.-9289. but it was repulsed b,y '!he main bridgehead advanced continued agains rate resistance from AX, bazooka and small '!hey 4rossed 2 bridges over the river. intact. cleared Darnstodt, Russelsheim (M-485,), Hassloch (M-5154), Arbeilgen (M-6646), Wixhausen (M-6548), Erzhausen (M.;.6546), Sieheim (M-6530), Morselden (1~5953), M-4,30520, .M-447469. Some resistance was reported in to,on of Babenhausen (M-8~52), end in

outskirts of town at M-CD56. 3d Arnv' took PWs yesterday.

Stiff resistance l""n",-'I' •• !d

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throw.ing away arms. There was a tV>I:> gain alo~ ''-he \Vesel Canal.. 'lhe P/{s fram ll6 pz Div state food, gas and morale are aw.f.'uJ. low.

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British took 1,7(D- PNs and reported light reSJ.s .... cul';fl.

We )lave 65 ?lis from follovdng Unitsl . 2d Co, ill FGR - ll; 4th Co, III PUR - 4; Hq 1st Bn, III PUR - 1; 2d Co, 902 PUR - 5; 3d Co, 902 5; 957th Regt - 4; 7th Co, 9013t PGR - 3; 5th 901 PGR - 1; 3d Co, 901 FGR - 2. As yet no lUl;mCCL-1

fication on the rest.

PeriodiC Report No. 150, 25 Marc)l 1945.

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Phantom Situation report, 26 March 1945. P.eriodic Report No. 270, 25 March 1945. PWs from following units: 2 - Arty Regt, 1183d 1 - Arnv Motor Park fit Bonn 6 - pz Lehr Escort Co """9

Periodic Report No. 103, 25 11arch 1945. Fighter-bomber ~plZrating in vicinity of F-8338 and str·afed 1>-2Q heavy tanks. Flight conunander estimated about $0 tanks in the VlOods. Armored vehicls and motor transports all slOT1~ m(D.v:i"ng At F-8244 bombed 3.Ild strafed 75 plus parke-e. ~motor transports.

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16th Inf upon relie£ ' in present secillor 1'r.il1 ~ove E Msg J on Div order to \;ake objective Able. EffectiiTe immediately nIl maintain one batt.alion motorized, prep <tred to move east to Phase Line #2 on t he axis Uckerath - Kircheib - Hasselbach, with mission of protecting eouth flank of Div, and maintaining con-tact with the 3d Armored llLvision on right, 2dBattalion, 901st Regt 'had their CP in town of Leischeid (F~1~1390. 1here was about 200 men in l~f:t:~;~1i~~batta1i.on, 20 half-tracks. 4th Canpany . had four 75nm anti-tank gtUlS, 2 howitzers mounted on half-tracks and four 8Qmm mortars.

, : lllRegt 2 eo..5, 3 C0-2,4 C0-4, 10 1 s t Bn Hq-l, SOl pz Lehr 7 Co-l, 3d A.A 10 Btry-2, 102 pz Arty Regt 1st Etry, . 162 F.ield Bn 3 Co-l, 62 fr.!,v -2 G0-3, 363 Div 957 Regt 2 Co-l, 3 Go-l, 8 Co-l, 957 Regt 1 Go-l, 959 Regt Hq C0-8, 363 Div Trans Service 1st Squadron-l, 2 Squadron-363 Rc."l En 1 00-2, 3d pz Div 3d Arty Regt 7 Btry-l 3d Arty Regt 3d Bn Hq-2,l./)9 Peoples Arty Gorps 11 Btry-l.

At 82!lliJ) 9:l vehicles in woods along road 3) of may be t anks . 'rrying to get fighter bombers on Long toms are firing at vehicles at F-821421. 8" trying to knock out bridge but traffic still ing over going north at Hal?

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Following P'/{s taken by 3d batt alion: 2 - 5th Co, 901 PGil

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Following FlVs taken by 1st Battalion: 4 - Hq 2d Bn, 901 PGR' . 3 - 1st Co, 901 PGR 2 - 2d Co, 901 PGR 5 - 3d Co, 901 PGR 2 _. Maint Co, 901 l'GR 1 - 4th Co, 901 PUR 2 - 164th Regt

U - 1st Co, 524 EngI' Bridge Constr Bn 1 - 162d Engr Bn

11 - 1st Bn, 943d VG Regt . 1 - 4th Btry, 162d Arty 'Regt 1 - 2d Co, 111 PGR

W-A 150nnn howitzer with orime mover ancf plenty of ammunition at F-746396~

Interrogation Report of 289 PWs, 25 March 19u5.

"I & R" l'latoon was at F-B27353 and reported it clear~d; going to F-837363 and F-B3735'7. l'latoon stopped at 36th Armored Infantry CP and was ed that that unit was receiv;ing SP fire 4¥"m ·...,.;,M-...I­nity of F-843351 and F-857347 and that there was a lot of actin ty at F-854338.

'i'ot al PWs 127. Just got 8 mor e. 1 fromHq III PGR, 1 from 959 Regt·, 1 from 95BRegt, 1 from 2 Co 901 •

2 from 7 Co 901 Regt, 2 from 10 IBtry 009 Volks Corps.

Intelllgenc~ Summary #264, 24 March •

. G-2 Periodic Report #72.

Dail¥ report 2;;":26 March.

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2d battalion moving at 18ooA. Js t Battalion at 2000A. We have Hill 117 and Blankenberg. There was eitdeneeof a motor park in the w;>ods had been bombed and strafed. All the main roads trails out there are hard surfaced and one 8ld a half' traffic. We have 127 Pi'fs. on the main road from Uckerath to Kircheid there are a lot of out tanks. .

We have PW at cage w ' ! O left to,'n of Heide at last night going by the main road to the northeas t to a town of' Much vnlich is at 1'10563. He arrived t 'lire at 1130 hours cv.d ,~as forced to wait 2 h.::·urs at th,,~ point while long colunm. of tanks, venicles and horse draYIll vehicles prodeeded to the north. He doesn't know ",hat unit it was. He stated there Vias nothing going south on the road that he could see. Tne to'l',n of Much was i'iJ).ed. with MPs and apparently is main traffic center.

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G-2 Periodic Report 11136, 25 March.

3 ... 2 :Periodic Report, 25 Mar~h. "

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Shell report: 157 iight artillery, 537 medium artilJ,ery, 60 rounds light mortar, 12 rounds of 120mm mortar. Returns incomplete from 18t!1 Inf.

Interrogation repo~t, 25 March.

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62 16th .4 IDOre FiVs taken; <.total of 131 now. 3 from 7th . Co 901 PGR, 1 from 1st Co 853 AT Bn. J

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All three bridges of the 4 in our PlY sll,Ys remaining bridge is .or:eo,arEld 1st Bn knocked out 5 t2nks this . 21Jark

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bazookas and one by st Bn fired at some tanks part of t his morning .

Shell reportl rockets, 130 r ounds SP fire, 100 rounds medium mortar, 12 r ounds heavy mortar, 102 rounds medium artillery, 50 r ounds light artill

at 78203894 getting some SP fire from . 1915 hours. 2d Bn knocked out 1 50mrn nO-,'r.L1;ze>r

773350, one 75mn ATGun at 78335l., and one Marlt VI tank vicinity of 792349. Two tanks observed at 799l.iL3. P'fi reports t.hat 100 infantry and 4 tanks in the town of E1 tof 797W9. Tp

There doesn't seem to be any organized reGistance. I Co going into town of Radder a IHtle l ater • Have captured a "ffiWl trucks and half-tracks--more

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2156 . 67 DA MliIxirnum tenperature for 26 Mat:ch was 57, minimum was SO.

on 107 FNs: 11 .t'z Div no Regt 2 Co-l, 1 C0-3, 2 Co-5, 3 00-2, 4 C~4, 6 Go-l , 6

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1052 Regt n Co-l,Arnry Motor Pool moving towards Eitof. Have feTl tanks

art,illery. Some vehicles on the side of the out of gas . iiBe- ~!LR was to be formed other side of t;he river. (all PlY statements). . . Tp

2 Gosin the to\<JIl 01' Eitof. Some fighting taldng place. G Co moving up with the heavy equipment. Tp J

Weather forecast 26laOoA to 271800A March 19h5: Clouds: ·broken middle clouds 8500 feet 'untIl da\'/Il

then scattered low clouds until 1l$:l0 27 March. ~ Precipitation: scattered showers ,\-onight and late tomorrO'\'f afternoon. Vis ibility: >-7 miles until end of period. Surface' "l"iinds :· Southerly 2-7 miles

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d avlIl un·til l l.oo then moderate "lith variable at 3, 9:>0 feet.

) Armored Divi sion has taken prisoners from t he

'T-n,' ',nVJJrnP" units:

4th and 9~h Batteries, 388th Volks r IJth . Company, 8th Panzer Grenadier ne,gJ..~~eIll"

9th and 10th Batteries, 64th Mtzd AA 1st Battalion,' 3d Artillery Regiment 4th Btry,102d Arty Regiment, 9th pz Div Hq Btry, 1183d Arll\7 artillery Battalion

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