CLOSING IN ON HAMBURG

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24547, 21 April 1945, Page 7

CLOSING IN ON HAMBURG

British Advances GERMAN ATTACK ON 9th ARMY FLANK (NX Pres# Association— Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m,) LONDON. April 30. A correspondent at Field-Marshal Montgomery’s headquarters says that strong forces of the British 7th Armoured .Division are four pilles from Harburg, which is on the west bank of the Elbe opposite Hamburg. The Uth Armoured Division controls 15 miles of the west bank of the Elbe south-east of Hamburg. To the south-west, the Germans are using police forces in a desperate effort to prevent the British from entering the «mt? skirts of Bremen. . in Holland, the Canadians have advanced two miles from Amersfoort. which is 25 miles south-east of Amsterdam* - through a defence belt recently hooded by the German*. Can* adian forces, hghting In Germany, on the left of the British at 1 Bremen, are eight miles from Oldenburg after hreaching > enemy defences on the listen Canal. A B.R.C. correspondent says that mewnrae: to deal with the Germain attack Into the 9th Angy’i flw|Sijm. Wtll in hand. The attack was made by 4000 German infimter and ?5 tar&i, - Some of the German forces penetrated 15 miles dmMtfoii , of Klotze, 35 miles north-west of Magdeburg. | Telegraph Agency correspondent at Supreme Allied ters said yesterday? “It is known that our rapid advances ran and isolated enemy groups. Apparently a number of time groups, to about divisional strength, area norih-west of Magdeburg, No anwety ia frit, andJtls. officially stated that the attack does not constitute a serious threat.” i; 5 In the captured city of Leipzig an Allied Military Goyern- ; 4 ment has been set up. South of the city a German pocket -baa-J been eliminated- . . The Germans in Nuremhurg have heen forced back inner city. ; . ’ " ‘f V" m ■■■ 1 ■ 1 -jin.. ..f • -i »"