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given our parole not to escape, we learnt today that we are going to stay in a village 13 kls S.W. of here & live in comfortable barns until we are freed! What a crazy war. All the Germans are browned off with the war & we felt on fire with them. The kids love us & are always playing round our camps. In our two to three weeks we have destroyed all the propaganda that Goebells has taken several years to instill into the people.

Tomorrow we move to our new billits at TRENTHORST WULMNEW. We have a very comfortable outfit now & are a very happy bunch. Unfortunately the weather has turned bad which takes the gilt off this Boy Scout life.

We are duly installed in our Cow Barn which we had to clean out before we could use - & what an unholy mess!

Monty has apparently crossed the Elbe & is right around us so I think our release is imminent.

May 2. The action is all around us. Firing has been going on all night & this morning. About 1 o'clock someone came through on a bike & said the tanks of Cheshire Reg. were in the next village. Half an hour later an armoured car came & reported to the G/C. We are now free men. The Germans are surrendering everywhere even to us.

The Signature of the Lieutenant of the armoured car is enclosed.