4/8/1944. 6.= pm. Wardell
There is not much fresh news from France
this afternoon but the Americans are
reported 20 miles beyond Rennes which means
some 40 miles from St. Nazaire. More than
1200 Fortresses and Liberators have gone out
today to attack various Baltic targets.
The Americans are keeping up their thrust
but the 2nd Army is advancing more slowly
against increasing resistance. We are
however well to the east of Vire. Of the
number of prisoners taken the Americans
accounted for 70000. The Germans announced
the killing of another of their Generals south
of Caumont. The attacks today were made on
the Luftwaffe experimental station at
Peenemünde, aircraft factories at Rostock,
Kiel and Bremen. The bombers were
escorted by strong forces of fighters. Weather was
excellent and bombing visual. It is now
ascertained that apparently in recent 3
attacks on Stuttgart the fires got out of
control as some 300 acres were destroyed.
A large number of last night's flying bombs
were destroyed. Russian troops in
Southern Poland are now less than 100
miles from Reich's territory over 100 miles
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