On 9 August 1944, Patton Hertoga and his Þridde Here nām Maþantes brycg and þes wæs þāra gefylceapena ǣrrsta brycghēafod ofer Sigene. Micel gebrōcenes wæs in þǣre byrig and þæn cwōm frið wæs be niedemicel geweorc gedōn.