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to be more widespread than the Nazis expected it to
be. Mr. Eden also spoke about this at a meeting
of the Anglo Netherlands Association where he also
praised the work of the Dutch underground movement.
The 2nd month of the Russian offensive has now
opened and the Germans have lost Siedlce half
way between Brest-Litovsk and Warsaw.
Jarosław 60 miles northwest of Lwow has also
fallen and the Germans are falling back faster
than they ever went forward. Through the
capture of Pskov and Ostrov the way to
Southern Estonia and Northern Latvia
has now been opened. Below Bialystok
Soviet forces are within 90 miles of Warsaw
and have moved up to the banks of the
river San. The Germans announced
today that 2 more of their Generals
died on the Eastern front. In last night's
attack on Kiel the German defenses
included rockets exploding at 20000
feet. Last night showed greatest air activity
for a long period. There was considerable
cross Channel activity of aircraft today
and the Germans reported our planes over
Southwest and Western Germany. Last
night German headquarters near the battle
field in Normandy were attacked by our
planes and the bombs went through
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