17/6/1944 9.= am
H.M. the King yesterday paid a one day visit to his
armoured forces in Normandy.
He crossed to France in the British cruiser Arethusa
and drove to General Montgomery's headquarters.
There he held an open air investiture with the
sounds of the battle only a few miles away.
The Allied armies have made continued progress
in the Cherbourg peninsula and have now local
successes in the Tilly sector. In the north of the
peninsula Montebourg was reported to be
once more in Allied hands. American troops keeping
up their advance to the West were reported last
night to have entered St. Sauveur on the road and
only remaining railway to Cherbourg. Further
South other American forces pressing Southward
from Carentan are reported to have almost
by-passes the roads which were holding them
up. In the British and Canadian sectors
there was little change yesterday. RAF bombers
from this country were over Germany and
occupied territory last night . Berlin was one
of the places attacked. Last evening American
heavy bombers attacked airfields and
military installations in France.
German raiders were again over Southern
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