NEARING THE ELBE.
ALLIES ONLY 40 MILES AWAY. CONSOLIDATION AT WESER. (Rec. 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 11. Leading elements of Field-Marshal Montgomery’s forces are 40 miles from the Elbe, which is the last natural barrier before Berlin. Agency correspondents say that the spearheads of tanks, air-borne troops, and infantry flying columns, which are, well south-east of Bremen and northeast of Hanover, have consolidated their positions across the Weser and Leine rivers in the last 24 hours. A build-up between Hanover and Bremen must be achieved before further advances to the Elbe and Berlin can be started.
The 11th Armoured Division, the 6th Air-borne Division, and the infantry are developing a bulge between Bremen and Hanover which has almost reached bursting point. Strong rear, guard resistance continues in the centre of the British 2nd Army front, but infantry are steadily pressing northeastward on the heels of the retreating German 7th Parachute Division. British and Canadian armour is solidly linked with the main body of British paratroops 12 miles north of Coevorden, on the Dutch border.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 154, 12 April 1945, Page 5
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