St. Nazaire to Lille. Mr. Churchill went across to
Normandy yesterday and visited the Allied
troops. General Eisenhower has also again
visited the battle area. RAF bombers were
out last night over Germany and occupied
territory. German radio stations say
Cologne was bombed soon after midnight.
Paris radio has reported attacks on areas
south of the French capital. Little more
than an hour ago the whole German
radio network went off the air. In Italy 5th
Army advance guards were last reported
approaching a town on the coast about
70 miles beyond Rome. 8th Army troops
were pushing up the Eastern side of Lake
Bolsena in the direction of Orvieto.
On Germany's Eastern front Red Army tanks
and shock troops are pouring through the
breach in the Finnish defenses on the Karelian
Isthmus. London had two brief alerts during
the night. The first for nearly 7 weeks.
One raider was brought down.
13/6/1944. 1.= pm. Rich Wessel
News from Normandy is of steady progress with
no marked advances and strong enemy resistance in
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