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wherein he says that we pushed forward on a wide front
and took our 1st objective. A strong barrage was laid
and British and Canadian troops followed
this up at 4.30. 4 villages are already in our hands.
Tough fighting is in progress as the area is full of enemy
strong points but so far all goes well. From the rest of
the front there is little fresh news since yesterday
evening. The Americans are making progress across
the Vire and closing in on St. Jean and 1/2 mile away
from this village. On the line Carentan - La Haye
the advance goes slowly but the enemy escape
route is under our control. Last night our planes
attacked targets up to 150 miles behind the battlefront.
Lancs. bombed a railway yard at Yerres near
Paris. An enemy attempt to break the attack up by
his fighters failed completely. Mosquitoes were
disloading their 4000 pounders on Berlin in very
swift and accurate bombing. An oil plant in
the Ruhr was also attacked and a depot for the
flying bombs near Paris. 33 planes are missing from
all the night's operations. Again early this
morning some 200/250 Flying Fortresses and
escorted by some 500 fighters attacked flying bomb
sites. In Italy we are pressing forward in spite of
local German counterattacks in the direction
of Leghorn and Ancona. On the West Coast sector
American troops of the 5th Army made progress
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