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Cavalier
Vol. 4, No. 57 — Philippine-Pacific Theater — Wednesday, April 4, 1945
6 pages scanned

Names
• Adamson, John R. (Pfc — Assistant Editor, The Cavalier)
• La Berge, Roger (Pfc — Editor, The Cavalier)
• McGrath, Arthur W. (Capt — 1st Cavalry Division Information & Education Officer)
• Montgomery, Bernard (Marshal Sir — forces broke out more than 100 miles east of Rhine; overran 5,000+ sq mi in northwest Germany)
• Morawsky, Osudka (Premier — Polish Provisional Government; broadcast from Warsaw that Lower and Upper Silesia had returned to Poland)
• Rokossovsky, Konstantin (Marshal — Red Army commander on Eastern Front approaching Berlin)
• Stalin, Josef (Premier — ordered Red Army forces to make final plunge for German capital)
• Tulbukhin, Ryodor (Marshal — Third Ukrainian Army advanced in push for Vienna)
• Zhukov, Gregory (Marshal — Red Army commander leading final knock-out blow at Berlin)

Locations
• Alaminos, Philippines — troops developing enemy defenses in hills south of Highway 1 between San Pablo and Alaminos
• Albay Province, Philippines — Legaspi is the capital; largest port in southeastern Luzon
• Altenruthen, Germany — First Army infantry reached here, 20 miles southwest of Padercorn
• Austria — Russian Third Ukrainian Army advancing in push for Vienna; mechanized spearhead reached southern fringe of Leitha Mountains
• Batangas, Philippines — 1st Cavalry pitted against fluid enemy resistance supported by horse cavalry and horse-drawn artillery
• Berlin, Germany — Third Army nearest Allied column, about 150 miles from German capital; Red Army final blow approaching
• Borneo — Tawi-Tawi seizure brought Allied forces within 30 miles of Borneo’s oil and rubber resources
• Bratislava, Slovakia — Russian units pushed within sight of Bratislava, capital of puppet state of Slovakia
• Canca-Sarga, Philippines (Sulu Archipelago) — islands secured during Tawi-Tawi operation
• Ceylon — mentioned as part of vast British Empire war preparations in ‘British Line to the East’ context (prior issue carryover)
• Danzig, Germany — Polish Provisional Government incorporated former Free City area into Poland
• Eisenach, Germany — Third Army fighting here, driving toward Eisenach and pushing beyond Fulda
• Emmerich, Germany — First Canadian troops were beyond Tergerg, seven miles northeast of Emmerich
• Enschede, Holland — British troops captured Enschede, 32 miles north of Bocholt
• Fulda, Germany — Third Army units reached Mitelsdorf, 20 miles east of Fulda; other units in Kaltenerderheim
• Groneau, Holland — British troops entered Groneau, 10 miles to the east
• Imoc Hill, Philippines — strong enemy force resisted from summit; cavalrymen entirely surrounded it
• Kaltenerderheim, Germany — Third Army units in vicinity, 20 miles east of Fulda
• Kassel, Germany — Third Army men fighting here, driving to Eisenach
• Kuestring, Germany — Red Army’s strongest veteran forces ranged between Kuestring and Stettin
• Kume Island, Japan — unconfirmed Radio Tokyo report of new American landing west of Okinawa
• Lake Balaton, Hungary — Nagykanizsa captured 20 miles southwest of Lake Balaton
• Langerich, Germany — British Airborne troops entered, five miles southwest of Osnabruck
• Legaspi, Philippines — capital of Albay Province; largest port in southeastern Luzon; 158th RCT completing encirclement of enemy garrison
• Leitha Mountains, Austria — Russian mechanized spearhead reached southern fringe, 10 miles from greater Vienna
• Lisbon, Portugal — reports that Portugal preparing to declare war on Japan and take active part in Pacific campaign
• Malepunyo, Philippines — hills tapering back to Grim Mount Malepunyo; first time in Batangas campaign pitted against horse cavalry
• Manila, Philippines — Legaspi is terminus of the Manila Railroad; securities loan approved for Manila Electric Company
• Mitelsdorf, Germany — Third Army units reached here, 20 miles east of Fulda
• Mozambique, Southeast Africa — Portuguese assembling troops and material for offensive to regain Portuguese Timor
• Munster, Germany — British guardsmen and American troops in Munster; big industrial city reported in flames
• Nagykanizsa, Hungary — captured by Russians; center of Hungarian oil industry, important road junction 64 miles northeast of Zagreb
• Naha, Okinawa — Americans less than seven miles away; island’s burning capital
• Netherlands — 21st Allied Army Group northern wing thrust into Netherlands; Germans in frantic scramble to escape
• Nurnberg, Germany — Seventh Army smashed to Wurttemberg-Bavarian border, indicating new threats to Nurnberg, about 40 miles from the city
• Oder River, Germany — Red Army veteran forces ranged between Oder and Stettin awaiting orders for final plunge; Neisse and Oder cited as Poland’s new frontier
• Okinawa — American assault troops drove halfway across island; frontline reports expected Okinawa split in two hourly; invasion troops carried yen currency
• Osnabruck, Germany — British Airborne troops entered Langerich, five miles southwest of Osnabruck
• Padercorn, Germany — Altenruthen is 20 miles southwest of Padercorn
• Peckelsheim, Germany — First Army’s Ninth Division reached here, eight miles north of Wurzburg
• Portuguese Timor — Japanese occupied early in Pacific war; Portugal assembling troops to retake
• San Pablo, Philippines — 1st Cavalry patrols beyond captured city of San Pablo; patrols scoured San Pablo City terminating last survivors of assault
• Sieg River, Germany — First Army infantry stormed five miles westward across the Sieg River
• Siegen, Germany — Doughboys entered Siegen where fighting occurred with small arms and artillery
• Silesia — Polish Premier Morawsky stated Lower and Upper Silesia had already returned to Poland
• Slovakia — Russian units pushed within sight of Bratislava, capital of puppet state of Slovakia
• Stettin, Germany — 30 Russian divisions assaulting biggest German Baltic port from points on east bank of Oder River
• Sulu Archipelago, Philippines — 41st Division of Eighth Army seized southern tip at Tawi-Tawi
• Tawi-Tawi, Philippines — 41st Division of Eighth Army seized southern tip of Sulu Archipelago; former naval base of Japanese fleet in Southwest Pacific
• Vienna, Austria — Russian Third Ukrainian Army advancing; mechanized spearhead 22 miles from Austrian capital center
• Warsaw, Poland — Polish Provisional Government decreed organization of Danzig Province and incorporated former Free City area
• Weima, Germany — Third Army armored units less than three miles northwest of Eisenach, 40 miles west of Weima
• Wiener Neustadt, Austria — other Russian units storming here
• Wurzburg, Germany — First Army’s Ninth Division cutting main highway eight miles north of Wurzburg
• Yangtze River, China — Radio Tokyo said traffic on Yangtze, life-line of Japanese Army in China, had been shut off
• Zagreb, Croatia — Nagykanizsa captured 64 miles northeast of Zagreb
• Zamboanga, Philippines — 41st Division surged south 200 miles from Zamboanga to seize Tawi-Tawi

Units
• 14th Corps — troops driving down overland from north to squeeze Japanese at Legaspi
• 158th Regimental Combat Team — completing encirclement of doomed enemy garrison at Legaspi
• 1st Cavalry Division — publishing unit; patrols beyond San Pablo; surrounding Imoc Hill; fighting in Batangas
• 1st Cavalry Division Information & Education Office — publishing authority of The Cavalier
• 1st Signal Troop — listed as news intercept source for The Cavalier
• 21st Allied Army Group — operations included northern wing thrust into Netherlands
• 30 Russian Divisions — numbering possibly 450,000 men; massive assault on Stettin from Oder River
• 41st Division (Eighth Army) — seized southern tip of Sulu Archipelago at Tawi-Tawi
• American Seventh Army — smashed to Wurttemberg-Bavarian border; threatening Nurnberg
• First Army (U.S.) — infantry stormed across Sieg River; Ninth Division reached Peckelsheim
• First Canadian Army — troops beyond Tergerg, seven miles northeast of Emmerich
• Third Army (U.S.) — nearest Allied column to Berlin (~150 miles); fighting at Kassel, Eisenach, Fulda
• Third Ukrainian Army (Russian) — advancing in push for Vienna under Marshal Tulbukhin