90 Infantry Division (USA) captured Ney

On the following day the 4th Armored crossed the Hatzenport bridge at noon to begin its mission of slicing through the rear areas of the enemy. The 359th Regiment prepared to move with the Armored Division as infantry support.

The 358th was committed and drove forward swiftly to capture Dieler, Ney, Halsenbeck and Kratzenburg. In the sector of the 357th, however, the enemy counterattacked violently, apparently sensitive to the threat of an American advance northward toward Koblenz.

The counterattacks at Herschwiesen and Nörtershausen were repulsed with the aid of supporting artillery, and the regiment moved on to capture Windhausen and Buchholz. Again the swift advance and daring strategy of the Third Army had caught the enemy off balance.

The spectacular speed of the 4th Armored, utilizing the bridgeheads gained by the 90th and the 5th Infantry Divisions, spread panic in the ranks of the German defenders. Long columns of convoys stampeded eastward toward the security of the Rhine. Bumper to bumper they were spotted by the Division's Cub planes.

Long Toms and 8-inch howitzers and guns laid their deadly concentrations on the columns, increasing the havoc, turning the retreat into a rout.