English Translation

Dwany! 110 / 14/5.41. Major H a r t e 1 gives the following situation report on 13 February 1941, 7 p.m. by telephone: The watercourse of the Vltava and the Berau is normal; the Sasau is still in a place with ice masses. The Berau sinks slightly behind Pilsen. The situation is today on the Bohemian rivers without danger. The ice masses on the rivers above Prague are aborted, partly on 11.2.1941 at a water level of + 268 measured at the Altstädter Mühlen Prague at 16.20 o'clock (concerning the ice masses of the Wraner dam and the ice stowage in the lower reaches of the Beraun near Dobschichowitz), partly on 12.2.19 41 at a level of+180 measured at Altstätter Mühle Prague at 12.30 o' clock (ice masses from the dam of the Vraner reservoir). There is no danger for Prague anymore; the Vltava has a water level of + 130 in Prague. All rivers tend to sink. So far only the Vlitava above Budweis, the whole Sasau, the Otava above Pisek, the Elbe and the Jser are frozen. On the Vlatava below Budwei's the ice masses are still in motion in places. from Swikow at a water level of + 334 reported a local dam, moreover the ice masses still stand above the construction site of the new Stechowitz dam. From 10.2.1941 ice stowage in the Launer district on the Eger. This afternoon a department of the German truth arrived in Laun, which has to remove the ice mass in the district of Laun. Tomorrow the work will begin. If the cool weather continues, there is nothing to be feared for the next few days; in any case, the ice masses A still driven by the rivers will leave calmly and without danger for Prague.