English Translation

105 Major Hartel announces the following to Fernmündel: "The Prague State Authority reports at 9.45 a.m.: On the Eger formed at Bauschowitz a.E. and at Birnem, Bez. Raudnitz a.Elbe, a stowage of ice swells in the length of 4oo m. It was agreed with the district authority of Laun, in whose spreen also ice masses have gathered, that the pioneers for the time being would remove the ice barrier at Bauschowitz a.E. and then advance upstream. On the Elbe, a large dam was formed at Böhmisch-Kopist, Ger.Bez.Raudnitz a.Elbe, so that the water came out of the banks and has a level of + 5.5om. The flooding was caused by the dam that had formed at the Leitmeritzer bridge. This dam has not yet been fixed. There were 1o - 15 houses placed under water and so fast that Ex could not escape the house inhabitants in time.