9/6/1944. 9.= am. dict. sp.
German resistance to the Allied landings
in France is mounting, but it is officially
announced that our troops continue to
make progress. The British 6th Airborne
Division has held firm against repeated
attacks and the Americans are gradually
enlarging their bridgeheads. 10 enemy divisions
have been identified in the battle area.
The Allied pool [?] of prisoners has increased.
One divisional force alone claims a thousand.
More supplies are being landed from
merchant convoys. The Allied air forces have
kept up their attacks in very great strength.
The scale of the air assault is shown by the
fact that in the 52 hours from dawn on Tuesday
till midday yesterday Allied planes flew
about 27000 sorties that is about 9 every
minute. In that period 176 enemy aircraft
were destroyed in the air. While Allied losses
were 289 or just over 1% of the force employed.
British bombers were over occupied
territory during the night. In Italy the
5th Army troops have passed Civitavecchia
40 miles NW of Rome and have occupied
Civita Castellana 30 miles due north
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