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of Warsaw. In the South of the Western front
we have pressed deeper into the Vosges
and the French have strengthened
their hold on Bruyères. General Montgomery
announced that every 6 months the
troops get 48 hours leave. In the first 5
years of the was these have cost Britain
£ 24.000.000. This was said by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer when he asked
the Commons for a further vote of Credit
of £ 1250.000.000 which was granted.
American heavies from Italy today
bombed oil storage tanks at Regensburg,
railway yards 20 miles south of Munich
and targets in Czechoslovakia and
Northern Italy. Last night Bomber
Command sent 1000 planes to attack
Stuttgart and Nuremberg. 9 planes
are missing from the night's work
which also included an attack on
Wiesbaden and other targets in
Western Germany. In Italy our troops are
in Cesena and progress has been
made east and west of the place.
To the sea Canadian and New Zealand
troops advanced 3 miles. The 3rd
Corps of the British 5th Army made
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