Having liberated many of their old comrades the Division pushed on towards Soltau.
1st RTR went north from Walsrode, while 11th Hussars scouted the outskirts of the town only to lose a scout car to a, by then, rare Panther tank, which 8th Hussars then destroyed.
Soltau was found to heavily defended by infantry and 88mm guns, so it was surrounded with 8th Hussars and the Queens at Dorfmark (4 miles to the south west), 1st RTR 2 miles west and the Inniskilling's in the south.