Macleod 2/8/1944. 6.= pm
In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill presented
his report on the position on the battle fronts
today. He said that up to the moment 5346
flying bombs had been launched against this
country. 4735 persons were thereby killed and 14000
more of less seriously wounded plus a number
of lightly injured. 17000 houses had also been
destroyed and 800000 damaged of which 600000
had been made habitable again.
In France we are advancing south and west
from Avranches into Brittany swiftly and
sweeping on toward Rennes. It seems
we are meeting little organized resistance
beyond Avranches. It is reckoned that 2 to 3
German divisions are garrisoned in Brittany.
Percy and Tessy have also been occupied.
Our troops are only 5 miles away from the
town of Vire and our planes reported
lorry columns of German ambulances
pulling out of the town. We are also less
than 2 miles north and 3 miles northeast
from Villers-Bocage. It is again misty over
Normandy today. A little before 4.30 today
the Germans said that Rommel had a
motor accident in an air raid and was
injured but his life was said not to be in
danger. In the Baltic States between 20 and
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