over occupied territory last night and Mosquitoes
attacked Berlin. Bombers from Italy yesterday attacked
synthetic oil plants in South East Germany. The Red
Army has kept up its drive to the West along a front of more
than 300 mile long. They are increasing their threat
to Wilna and Baranavitsjy in spite of stubborn
German resistance. The Russians are within 7 1/2
miles of Baranavitsjy. They are destroying the German
forces trapped east of Minsk. In Italy bitter fighting
has continued on both flanks and on the central
sector. 5th Army troops now hold 2/3 of Rosignano
just over 12 miles south of Leghorn.
German flying bomb attacks on London and
Southern England continued yesterday and last
night. The first of London's 5 new deep shelters will
open tomorrow. 15000 London children yesterday
left for safer areas. Japan has had its 3rd air attack
of the war. US Superfortresses have bombed the
naval dockyards of Sasebo and Yawata
Japan's biggest shell centre.
8/7/1944 1.= pm. R. Wessel
The 2nd British Army launched an attack north of
Caen early this morning after 450 Lancasters dropped
2000 tons of bombs at 10 o'clock last night. All but one
of our bombers returned. Within the past hour we
had a dispatch from one of out correspondents
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