5/7/1944. Frederick Allen 6.= pm
The Germans say they have evacuated Kovel. The Americans are
now only a mile from La Haye and they are also advancing from
Carentan to Périers. The advance from La Haye is made on
Lessay and the road there is already under a shelling fire.
Kovel is on the 1st Ukrainian front. The driving back of the Finns
has gone on and the Finns themselves today report landings
on the islands in the Bay of Wiborg. In Normandy the weather is
cloudy this morning but the rain has kept off and the mud
is drying well. 3 more German counterattacks were made
today at Carpiquet airfield but all 3 were slung back.
Not a single German fighter was seen today but flak was
heavy last night. Railway yards near Paris were also
bombed. 84 locomotives and 70 railway cars were
damaged. Off Brittany and the Channel Islands
there were some engagements with German E-boats.
Eisenhower returned after a 5 day's visit to his troops
in Normandy whereby he went behind the German line
by car and made a fighter sweep. This morning
flying bombsites and other other objectives in the Pas de
Calais were bombed. Also airfields in Holland and
Belgium and not one of our planes is missing.
Mr. Eden said that the reports that the Germans were
allowed to try flying bombs in Spain were untrue.
In Italy we are meeting determined resistance
in our advances in Leghorn and Ancona. Our
fighters yesterday made sweeps over Romania.
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