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there and are putting up stubborn resistance
against British and Canadian forces
thrusting to the west of Caen. British warships
have given the Allied push in this area
very effective support. Still further East the
British 6th airborne division is holding
its bridgehead across the canal linking
Caen with the sea. Correspondents at Allied
headquarters last night described the
general situation as encouraging.
British bombers were over occupied territory
last night and Mosquitoes attacked Berlin
for the 3rd night running. Yesterday more
than 750 American heavy bombers pounded
9 airfields and 8 bridges between the Allied
bridgehead and the Paris area. 3 bombers
were lost and 8 escorting fighters. They shot
down 5 German planes. The Red Army have cut
a 25 mile gap in the Finnish defense line across
the Karelian Isthmus and have advanced
up to 15 miles. Over a 1000 American aircraft
yesterday attacked targets in Romania and
Yugoslavia from bases in Russia and Italy.
The Allied armies in Italy are pressing forward
from coast to coast. 8th Army troops are
pushing on from Pescara on the Adriatic coast.
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