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advanced a mile from the road Caumont to Tilly.
The village of Manto [?] has also been captured.
Air operations were limited by bad visibility.
Only 500 sorties were flown. 2 planes were lost and
11 destroyed. For the third day running more than
1000 Fortresses and Liberators attacked factories
at Schweinfurt and Regensburg. Bombing was
visible and weather good over Bavaria.
Last night two forces of Lancasters and Halifaxes
bombed two synthetic oil plants in the Ruhr.
There was intensive flak. Courtrai railway yard
in Belgium was also raided. Mosquitoes went
to Hamburg, motor convoys near Paris and
flying bomb installations in N. France.
31 of our planes are missing. More flying bombs
came over here today. These were again discussed
in the Commons. Without a division of the Vote of
Credits asked for was agreed to. From Italy the main
advances are reported by the 8th Army which is
fighting over 100 miles of the 160 miles front. In
direct line 11 miles from Florence a place has
been captured. In the approaches to Leghorn
16 ships were scuttled. American marines and
assault troops landed on Guam yesterday and
established beachheads. For the 1st time Americans
are fighting on American soil. It is a stepping
stone for attacks on the Philippines and 1200
miles south of Japan. 2 B.B.C. notices. One
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