28/6/1944. 9.= am
In Normandy British troops have pushed forward
to within 6 miles of Caen and were last reported to
be fighting on the Orne river that runs through the
town. There has been some hard fighting in the
last 24 hours once again most of it has been
done by our infantry though our tanks and guns
have given them good support. It is early to
say that we have made a real breakthrough.
There is a lot of German armour about and
it is difficult to destroy this in the wooded
country. In the hip of the Cherbourg peninsula
American troops are wiping out the last
remains of organized resistance. German
casualties since the first landings are
spoken to be about 70.000.
In Italy American troops of the 5th Army have
pushed on more than 10 miles beyond
Piombino on the West Coast. In the central
sector 8th Army men have swept the Germans
out of Chiusi and were last reported to be
pressing on northwest of the town.
British army casualties in Italy down to
the fall of Rome were 73122 killed and wounded
and missing. These include 5 Dominion
and India troops. Red Army forces in their
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