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direction. We have taken Vire and reached a place
4 miles east of it. Heavy fighting takes place round
Villers-Bocage. In the central sector the Americans
are meeting stiffer resistance.
Our aircraft made attacks from Belgium to
the Bay of Biscay and Southern France.
At least 10 enemy planes were destroyed
and 17 of ours are missing.
In Italy we have advanced a mile beyond
Montelupo and local gains were made on
the Eastern bank of the Arno. In the neighbourhood
of Castelfranco. Our planes attacked
targets at Genoa, in Southern France and
shipping in the Adriatic.
The King landed a little after 7 o'clock this
morning on an airfield in Britain in a
transport plane returning from Italy. He
looked fit and well. The Russians have strengthened
their thrusts. In Lithuania by filling in a
pocket between Schaulen and Kaunas.
Military trains at Riga were bombed by the
Russians. The Germans brought up 4 fresh
divisions including a panzer division
from Central Germany and these were
thrown straight into the battle. Between
Bialystok and Siedlce 200 places were captured.
In Southern Poland advances are reported
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