In Russia the new offensive which caused a breakthrough
of 125 miles may turn out the greatest so far.
The river Bug has been crossed in many places.
The most advanced places captured are 25 miles
from Lwow. Further North the Bug has been crossed.
2 lines of defense of which one is called the Prinz
Eugen line were broken. Progress has also been made
toward Brest-Litovsk. A junction captured
is 15 miles away. The Russians have also come 5 miles closer
to Bialystok and also made progress between
Grodno and Kaunas. The Russian front is now
600 miles long. The border of the Latvian Republic
has also been crossed. Ancona was captured
yesterday, a large number of prisoners were taken.
It is the only port capable to take fairly large
ships between Brindisi and Venice and has a
prewar population of 90000. The threat to
Leghorn is also growing. *Tonte Derra (?) has also
been captured. In a supplementary war report
the first sound picture of the opening attack
on Tuesday morning near Caen was given.
It was reported that the air was black with bombers
anti aircraft fire was negligible and it was the
greatest air assault of all times.
* Pontedera on the Arno!
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