CAPTURE OF HAGENAU
NAZIS FLEE IN DARKNESS (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 12. Describing the capture of Hagenau, a correspondent says that the Volksgrenadiers, who pledged themselves to defend this vital communications hub, fled from the town under cover of darkness as the American 79th Division fought a grim battle to the central streets / early to-day. Fierce artillery and mortar duels had raged for the railway station before midnight.
The population of Hagenau came fromcellars to-day and this afternoon were flying the ; Tricolour in Adolf Hitler Strasse and Hermann Goering Strasse, and were dragging swastika flags from the Town Hall. The biggest welcome came from 200 women cheering and yelling from the shattered town gaol. Ninety of the women were political prisoners, both French and German, including, several who were serving sentences .for murder. The town has been severely pounded from the air. Every bridge over the canal was blown up. The people are now busy clearing up debris and wiping out signs of the German occupation.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25717, 13 December 1944, Page 5
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