Aroused by "march order" at around 270015 March, the Battalion left Loheide at about 0300 marching thru Rhinebeck to a pontoon bridge northeast of the town. After long delays along the road, the river crossing was affected at about 0700. Weather was cloudy and misty, and little of the immediate vicinity of the Rhine could be seen. Compared with the east bank of the Roer River, fortifications, entrenchments and other obstacles were few and appeared hastily prepared along the east bank of the Rhine. Marching a total of 22 miles without casualties the unit closed in at a wooded area about 2 1/2 kilometers southwest of Hunxe, Germany. This locality was covered with sandy soil, and it was thickly wooded with pine and other evergreens, making it reminiscent of Louisiana except for the fact that toads and trails were fairly solid. Due to close proximity of the enemy, personnel generally slept in or close to slit trenches of various kinds.

Throughout the march some of the effects of the artillery firing from the west bank of the Rhine could be observed. While many rounds had landed in open fields, others damaged buildings, intersections, etc, and there was considerable evidence of destruction of the enemy in the form of dead horses and the equipment they were drawing, strewn along the roadside along with self-propelled vehicles.

The following morning, 28 March, the unit departed from this assembly area to attack to the east, with "C" Battery in the advance guard. CC 'A' had the mission of passing through a line held by the 30th Infantry Division in an attack to reach Marl, Germany. Progressing over poor mud roads which were little better than trails through alternate forest and farm lands for a distance of about 7 miles, firing positions were occupied about nine kilometers southwest of Dorsten, Germany by 1100. Targets taken under fire ranged from batteries of 88s thru mortars to enemy strongpoints. Progress was generally slow due to a small road (*ONE LINE OF TEXT MISSING HERE*) while observation from the air was possible, it was not good due to a low ceiling.

Southwest of Dorsten in the vicinity of Imloh the tank of FO 1 was knocked out while attempting to take some anti-tank weapons to the flank of the unit it was supporting under fire. Lt Hanmer, Sgt Phillips and Cpl Psuty were seriously wounded in this action. They were able to escape to a ditch without further injury and despite continued enemy fire. Hearing a radio transmission covering this incident, Lt Kuntz went to the aid of the injured regardless of the fact that the road he had to travel was covered by enemy fire. He evacuated Lt Hanmer and returned to the location of the knocked out tank again to assist the remaining injured, who had been removed to a safer place and cared for in the meanwhile; so he stayed at this position and adjusted the Battalion on the 88 which caused the trouble, putting it out of action. Lt Ash, FO 2, replaced Lt Hanmer, FO 1. Additional details surrounded this incident will be covered later under awards.

The action continued the following day, 29 March, with more rapid progress. The Battalion displaced marching to a new position about 500 meters south of Schulte, Germany, almost due south of Dorsten where it occupied dug in positions in the open, including Headquarters and Service Batteries, since no shelter was available. In this general vicinity, the action had moved along fairly fast despite stiff resistance, and broken trees, damaged houses and dead Kraut soldiers and civilians bore evidence to the struggle along with knocked out enemy vehicles of all descriptions.

Around noon, 30 March the Battalion displaced east about 2.7 miles to new positions southeast of Ulkefotte; resistance continued heavy, and the air Ops were active with good observation and results. During these two days 2,386 rounds were fired. Captain Scott, 'B' Battery commander has a narrow escape. While forward with the task force commander looking over the battle-field from the second story of a brick house, the building was then under direct fire by an 88. The first round went through the room next to them. They were in the basement by the time the second round came over, falling short of the house. When activity subsided, they surveyed the damage and found that the round which struck the house penetrated two interior walls and two exterior walls, emerging from the back of the building and covering the Captain's peep driver, who had been sitting in his vehicle eating a K Ration, with broken brick and debris. Fortunately there were no injuries.

At 311325 March, the unit departed marching 4.4 miles to Timmerbrink where it was in general support under Division Artillery control. At 0800 CC 'A' had been relieved by an infantry division. During the march the Battalion passed through industrial installations along the eastern fringe of Schlouen and the northern edge of Bergmannsgluck, where plants which appeared to have been engaged in the destructive distillation of coal had been located. These installments were largely twisted heaps of masonry and steel, evidencing severe poundings from the air along with shelling from light and medium artillery. Even after such an industrial site had been rendered economically useless from the air, its defensive military value was employed to slow down the allied advance. Throughout these actions the unit encountered opposition from the 116th Panzer Division.

The month closed with a total of 11,700 rounds fired, five wounded in action, casualties and 43 enemy soldiers captured and evacuated.