batteries and fighter pilots have had some success
against these machines. In Italy 8th Army
troops have got to the outskirts of Perugia more
than 80 miles north of Rome. The Russian have
broken through the Mannerheim line and
got to within 18 miles of the Finnish port of
Viipuri (Vyborg). In the South West Pacific
American troops on Biak Island are
enveloping Japanese hill positions north
of Mokmer airfield. In the Central Pacific
the American forces who recently landed
on Saipan Island in the Marianas have
beaten off a Japanese counterattack from
the sea. In Central China there has been
more fierce fighting in the suburbs of
Changsha [?]and the Chinese have made more
progress in their drive towards the Burma border
from South West China across the border in
Northern Burma. Chinese and American
troops have gained more ground in the fight
for Myitkyina.
19/6. 1.= pm Stuart Hibberd
The American barrier sealing off the Cherbourg
peninsula is being strengthened and widened.
Our attacks in the Tilly sector are meeting
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