confirmed the capture of Kovel.
Today it is the 7th anniversary of the outbreak of war
against Japan for China. A service was held at St.
Paul's Cathedral this afternoon and the Chinese
ambassador Dr. Wellington Koo read the lesson.
Representatives of the Allied Nations were also
present. In China the serious Japanese advances
have been checked. B.B.C. announcements about
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In Normandy RAF heavy bombers yesterday dropped well over
2000 tons of bombs on German troops, guns and tanks
just north of Caen. American troops in their new advance
beyond Carentan have established a bridgehead across
the river Vire. In the swamps of Carentan German
guns caused American troops to fall back but
they later slung through to the south side of the swamp.
Further west the American forces have completed the
capture of the important hill round La Haye-du-Puits.
There has been no great change in the fighting around
Caen. In the first major air battle since D-day American
heavy bombers and fighters yesterday destroyed 114 German
aircraft over Central Germany and then went on to
bomb targets near Leipzig. 36 American bombers
and 6 fighters are missing out of the force of more than
1600 aircraft employed. Our home based bombers were
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