8/6/1944. 9.= am. dict. speed
Allied troops in France have captured the town
of Bayeux 15 miles west of Caen.
They have also cut the road between these
places at several points and were last
reported to be on the outskirts of Caen itself.
German resistance has stiffened as
enemy reserves have come into action and
there has been heavy fighting inland.
An enemy counterattack with tanks
near Caen has been beaten off.
Allied airborne operations have been
resumed on what is officially described as
a very large scale. On Tuesday night more
troops were dropped on the Cherbourg
peninsula from great trains of gliders.
Behind the front line all the landing points
have been cleared of the enemy and some
of them have been linked up. The beachheads
are out of range of enemy small arms,
but are still within range of enemy
artillery. The general picture of the
operations so far is that Allied progress
has been very satisfactory but the hardest
test still lies ahead. Allied aircraft
again swarmed over the landing areas
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