27/7/1944 1.= pm. Frederick Allen
The Americans in Normandy pressed on 2 miles across
the road St. Lô - Coutances. In Russia the front is now
well over 1000 miles. The Russian drive in the Carpathian
foothills has been resumed. Mosquitoes went to
Hamburg last night and the Eastern fleet has again
bombed Sabang.
Our correspondent Howard Marshall said early
this morning that there is no change in the Caen
sector. Before breakfast today our planes destroyed
16 German planes. The Americans have reached
Canisy village and are also closing in on
Pepieis [?]. In Russia is now over thousand
miles counting only the principal curves and
not the various pockets. Between Kowno and
Dünaburg (Dwinsk) further progress was made.
2 towns on the Eastern banks of the Vistula have
been captured, Demblin included and also
more places between Demblin and Łuków.
Another General has been captured. Russian
troops are now within 15 miles of the Czechoslovakian
border. For the second night running Tilsit in
East Prussia has been bombed and also railway
yards at Warsaw. In Moscow an agreement
between the Polish Committee of National
Liberation and the Soviet ...[?] was signed
yesterday. The Polish armed forces will be under
Polish military Law and regulations.
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