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in France are part of the 2nd Army, a new
formation under command of Lieutenant-
General M.C. Dempsey. Meanwhile American
troops are wiping out the remaining pockets of
resistance in the hip of the Cherbourg peninsula.
It is estimated that the pool of prisoners in the
peninsula will finally be between 30000 and
40000. In Italy Allied troops have made more
progress against stiffening opposition in country
which favours defense. The Germans are demolishing
whole villages and turning them into strongholds
in an efforts to check the Allied advance.
The Red Army has captured Mogilev the last of
the enemy's chain of bastions across White Russia.
The road to Minsk, the capital of White Russia,
now lies open to 4 converging Russian armies.
The Russians have also gained more ground in
Finland. In the South West Pacific Australian
forces pushing up the coast of New Guinea
have now gained control of Hansa Bay.
In the Central Pacific American forces have
gained much ground on Saipan in the Marianas.
North of Japan American warships have
bombarded the southern hip of ..... [?]
in the Kuril Island. Governor Dewey
of New York has been nominated as
Republican Candidate for the US Presidency.
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