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their bridgehead across the river Odon. Supreme Headquarters
announced that the Allies have taken more than 50000
prisoners in Normandy. In Italy German resistance
has been stiffening in front of the West Coast port of
Leghorn and in the central sector Allied troops have
got to within 5 miles of Arezzo. The Russian have
increased their threat to the lateral railway that serves
the German forces between the Baltic and Pripet
Marshes. Soviet spearheads were yesterday less than
50 miles from Dwinsk and about the same distance
from Wilna. The German High Command
yesterday announced the evacuation of Kovel
on the Southern side of the Pripet Marshes.
The Russians have not yet said anything about
this. In the South West Pacific American troops
have now occupied the 2nd of 3 airstrips on
Noemfoor Island off the Coast of Dutch New Guinea.
RAF bombers were over enemy occupied territory during
the night. US. Flying Fortresses yesterday returned to
Britain after a triangular trip to Russia and Italy
during which they bombed targets in Germany, Poland,
Hungary and France. On their homeward trip
from Italy yesterday they attacked the railway yard at
Béziers in Southern France. American heavy bombers
yesterday attacked targets in both France and Belgium. In particular they
kept up the offensive against the German flying bombs bases in the
Pas de Calais area. More flying bombs have come over Southern England
in the last 24 hours. General de Gaulle who left Algiers by air
yesterday is expected in Washington this morning.
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