At 0100 hrs the Bn set off with a Pl of 253 Fd Coy RE moving in front of B Coy, the advance guard, clearing the mines. The Bn reached WERTH 1558 at 0400 hrs and was complete by 0530 hrs. Capt MacKay of "A" Coy was wounded by a trip wire mechanism. The civilians were a surly and hostile crowd. 7 PW were captured during the day, all stragglers of odd units sleeping in barns. Orders were given out at 1900 hrs for the Bn to carry out Phase III of the Bde attack and capture the bridge at 182628.