14/6/1944 9.= am. dict. sp.
The Allied forces in Normandy have gained
ground on all sectors and the front line
was last night reported to be 85 miles long.
On the British Canadian sector our tanks
have captured Troarn, a little town some
8 miles east of Caen while to the west of Caen
our armoured forces have also made a deep
thrust froward. These two moves threaten
to outflank the German positions round
Caen. In the centre of the front that is further
West the Germans are putting up stiff
resistance to the American advance
beyond Carentan and up in the Cherbourg
peninsula. Hard fighting is going on around
Montebourg. Altogether the Allied armies
have now taken more than 10000 prisoners.
Allied aircraft yesterday kept up their
support of the ground forces in spite
of bad weather. General Eisenhower says the
results of the Normandy campaign so far
have exceeded his brightest hopes and
Marshal Stalin has described the landing
operations as a brilliant success.
In Italy Allied armies have continued
their advance on both sides of the peninsula
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