ACROSS RHINE
American First Army Now Has Several Bridges 'VEIL OP SECURITY LIFTED Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, March 22. The veil of security restrictions was to-day lifted slightly to permit the disclosure that the United States First Army now has several bridges across the Rhine to the Remagen bridgehead, reports the Associated Press correspondent. One Was thrown across the river in the record time of ten hours. The German news agency says that the battle on the Rhine bank opposite the Remagen bridgehead is one of the most formidable of the whole war. The Americans are pumping in more and more reinforcements and big operations will be launched from the bridgehead in the near future.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450323.2.53.4
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1945, Page 5
Word Count
115ACROSS RHINE Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1945, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in