The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
History Repeats, After 26 Years
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under the American onslaught and at last reports the Tanks were wheeling northeastWard in giant strides, flank to flank with the Third Army.
 Pattons wild-riding tank and mo- torized infantry columns, mean while were stampeding almost at will through the northern wall of the German defenses, sweeping up prisoners by the thousands.
 The Third Army's 26th Division linked up with Patch's Sixth Ar mored Division for the first time a dozen miles west of Kaiserslautern and about the same distance north of Zweibrucken.
 Neunkirchen By-Passed
 A second juncture was made a few hours later at OttWeiler, p miles west of Kaisersalutern and only 312 miles north of the trans port center of Neunkirchen. The latter town alreday was by-passed by the American rush to the east and its fall appeared imminent early today.
 Elements of Patton's 10th arm- ored division stormed into Kaisers- lautern side by side with the 80th Infantry Division and began a house-to-house cleanup of a few Nazi richards barricaded inside the city.
 Another 10th armored column swept around Kaiserslautern and raced eastward to join the fourth and 11th armored divisions and a still unidentified tank division striking for Ludwigshafen and the Rhine bank to the south.
 The Fourth, those veteran tank fighters set the offensive in motion with their lightning drive across the Moselle a week ago, were out in front of the attack. They captured the Cathedral City of Worms after a breackneck, 18-mile dash in seven hours, only to find the two Rhine bridges there had been blown up by the fleeing enemy.
 Two companies of German infan- try held the city, but one refused to fight and the second was wiped out after short struggle.
 The Tanks immediately wheeler southward at top speed and struck for Ludwigshafen, 10 miles to the south. By mid-morning today they had raced II miles over roundabout roads to Lambeheim, six miles due west of Ludwigshafen and Frein- sheim, about mile farther to the southwest.
 At the same time a flying col- umn of the 11th armored division drove II miles from the northwest. cut behind the Fourth Divisions spearheads and reached a point four miles west of the Rhine and only six miles northwest of Ludwig shafen.
 The unidentified armored division was reported streaking for the open belt of the Rhine bank between Ludwigshafen and the Karlsruhe Corner.
 Behind the Fourth Armored Di- vision, Patton's 90th Infantry Divi- sion Stormed into the Rhine city of AdAI1A, IO lllAlCo HUI tllWCoV Ol VNlAAo and began hopping up scattered German rear-guards there. Dough- boys of the 90th Division also sta5- bed four miles south of MairZ to the Bodenheim area, 1-2 miles from the Rhine, and another task force reached Harzheim, six niles south of main.
 Everywhere on Pattons front the Germans were fleeing in wild disorder A few veteran Nazi units fought on in isolated pockets in an attempt to slow the advance, but they were smothered by the over whelming weight of American guns troops and armor.
 aPtton's troops already had killed wounded or captured 60,00O to 65.- 900 Germans in the first six days of their offensive and another 5000 or more prisoners were known to have been taken by the Seventh Army.