THE THIRD ARMY.
TWO GERMAN ARMIES accounted for. LONDON, Mar. 20. "The German Ist and 2nd Armies on the Western Front have, been virtual!) wiped out,” says General Patton in tv special order of the day to the United States 3rd Army. The order adds that the 3rd Army, since it broke across tlio Moselle 13 days ago, has captured more than 140,000 Germans and killed or wounded nearly 100,000. Three thousand German towns have been overrun.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 145, 2 April 1945, Page 3
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