Southern France, Northern Italy and Yugoslavia
viz 2 airfields, harbour installations at
Genoa, ball bearing works at Turin, troop
concentrations in Yugoslavia etc. 1700 flights were
made, 7 aircraft lost and 6 destroyed.
The King on his arrival in Italy was met by
General Worth [?] and Wilson.
The Americans are making good headway on
Guam and Tinian. Rota Island is being
softened up. Japanese attempts to break
out of the Wewak area were effectively
dealt with. The price for coal will go up
with 4/- per ton from today week.
1.17 end
25/7/1944. 6.= pm Frederich Allen
2 new Allied attacks have begun in Normandy. The
Americans began the attack before noon today.
30000 incendiaries went down on Stuttgart last
night in 15 minutes. Mr. Eden has said we must take
a cautious outlook on the crisis in Germany.
More utility furniture will be available in future.
British and Canadian troops attacked south and
southeast of Caen and Americans northwest of St. Lô
across to the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula.
Our correspondent Howard Marshall said at
10 o'clock this morning that the first phase of the
attack was nearly completed. By noon we had
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