Fred. Allen 10.7.1944. 6.= pm
The new attack by General Montgomery started 3 of 4 miles southwest
of the city of Caen from our bridgehead on the Odon and by 11 o'clock
this morning we had pushed a mile forward, it is also about 3 miles
south of the Carpiquet airfield. Bulldozers are now busy cleaning
the wreckage especially in the suburbs of Caen. There is little news
about the fighting elsewhere in Normandy. Advances are also reported
along the road from Carentan to Périers and Americans are
fighting 4 miles west of the town of St. Lô. American artillery
still dominates the line and the whole front is very active.
The Russians have enlarged their salient notwithstanding
considerable enemy resistance and big advances were
made between Polotsk and Wilna. The Lithuanian border
has also been reached and the Germans today say fighting
takes place along the Daugavpils - Kaunas road at Litana [?].
The Germans also say the city of Wilna is almost
surrounded and the Russians are half a dozen miles
from ....[?] but the Germans report fighting on both
sides of the place. The Mediterranean communique
confirms the capture of Volterra and we are 4 miles
beyond the town. Crack German 90th Panzer grenadier
troops, the best Kesselring has are resisting fiercely.
Volterra itself is reasonably intact. We gained also
commanding positions overlooking Leghorn.
So. west of Arezzo two German counterattacks were
stopped. Saturday's night raid on oil targets was the
heaviest night raid from Italy so far by Italian based
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