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Ninthni)Pushes to KhincSas Pattonorcesrier(Continued Jroii Pagethin e iiSecondAlreadytheArmd. Div.fringe ot the Ruhrthe 83rd and tanks ote fightingNeuss, a suburb ot Dusseldorf,a milt? and a half west of the river. As the khaki flood engulfed townafter town—and at one point threatened to strand a large number of Gi rman troops caught by a sudden surge northward by35th Inf. Div.—the Germans frantically were withdrawing as many guns and supplies as they could tothe comparative safety beyond theRhine. 'El 1 ' ^ : ;•The 102nd Inf. Dtv this afternoon cleared K re tela, an industrial city from which several major railways and highways 1 nk the westernof the Rhine with the Ruhr.showed thatAirreconnaissanc*HHlia theRhine frommmmp ? ■ acroftfr ■kP^PPMHUPIPIpp Cologne, 25 miles below Dusseldorf,to Krefeld, ten miles to its north,with Germanwere jammedbicles,v e-imper to bumper.Bridges ShelledSome of the Rhine bridges ai~under bombardment•asready awM 11 from artillery and aircraft. Fighter-bombers of the Nin h TAG scored bits on the Hohenzcllerp Bridge at Cologne, and recon pilots reported Tv% bridge from Deutz to Cologne troyed, presumably by shellfire, before RAF planes raided the area t ocav.%r z-W-Weather was clear over most of the front today, and there^HH heavy air support.Nearly all the vehicles Rhine bridges appearedsupplies and there was no sign:hat the enemy was attempting to extricate his troops from the threatened area Instead,.the Germans possibly were throwing all available manpower into rearguard ictions to put off as ?ible the day when thewouldcrossing to bearArmywest ba ikstandof t heasAmerican secure on theRhine, within?asy artillery range of the vitalwar plants of the Ruhr.While the Nir th’s offensive gained momentum everywhere in he north, the First Armytroopsmshed iorwtird toward Cologne inhe south from their Erft Riveraridgehead. now consolidated to a engtli of nine miles and a breadth, it its deepest point, of nearly two miles. Here the stiff resistance )f the If st few days continued, for his is vhe enemvs main .line ofis ne enemy s mainJjfense before Cologne.In the Erft River bridgehead,Aimy infantry supported bytoday pushed ahead 3,00b f ards to reach Niederaussen, nearly.irst a n kshree i nles beyond I lie river. Thatwas the deojiest penetration beyond he Ertt. where the going has beenaarticut lt;rh tough because of theterrainTheEisenhower Escum*8Injury onroot TOff#WITH THE SUPREME COMMANDER. March 2.—Gensenhower today toured the frontat one point reached withinfive miles of Dusseldorf on theRhine. He narrowly escaped injury when the airstrip fromhe and his British military assistant, Col. .James FGault, left for their head?quarters, was shelled second#At Julie h, as he lookeddown from the fortified citadelatpanorama of destructionmiles around, he quietlySBto Lt. Gen. William IISimpson, commander of the NinthArm \* *Julieh will be something forthe Germans to think about*‘ uture.jities between the Erft and Cologne are great because: (1) Beyond; the Erft River and the Erft Canal, attacking infantry still must cross numerous small streams; (2 tnearea is thickly populated and built up; (3) in front of Cologne are numerous lignite mine pits, excellent for defensive fighting, f The entire area can be strongly defended with a minimum number of troops. I. L .The NinthField MarshalA r my,Sir Bernardwhich: is inMont-♦gomery s at noon21stunderArmyyesterdaywhich it hadGroup? lifted the blackoutveiled itsmovementsda vs.for twand a half\t 0700 today the enemy iks into a counter-attack' against 83d Div., but the outbome of the effort was not disclosed. Thetanks had crossed the Erft Riversentfiom the south around KapelmilesOver on the western side of theplain, the 35th Div. spurted suddenlynorthward, cutting behind and inthe! Siegfriedsome places through Line defenses northRoer Riveroridgehead.comparatively short\lt;IiIShame of Eerman DefeatFamihI1O91191WITH FIRST AR VIY. March thi the captured town of Wullenratiilieutenant, a German nun and aFirThey were a German husband anfrom the ratters in the living room the dead bodv of the family dog.A suicide note read: “The shamera*ans defensive capabil-1 much to bear
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