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a number of places on the ......[?] river
has been taken and the river has been crossed
at five points over a 40 miles front. South of
Rennes 1200 Germans have surrendered.
An ultimatum to give itself up has been
broadcast to the Garrison of St. Malo today.
In the naval actions of St. Malo and
St. Nazaire we had some casualties.
Our Beaufighters set a minesweeper ablaze
in the Bay of Biscay. All planes returned
safely. In last night's attack on trains one
was practically caught in the suburbs of Paris.
Between 500 and 750 American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators today attacked
targets east and northeast of Paris and east
of Bordeaux. As there were clouds over some
of the targets a number of planes brought
their bombs back. There came fewer flying
bombs than usually last night. In his
speech in Wales Colonel Llewellyn had a
special word of praise for the mobile cantinas.
In East Prussia civilian men and
women have to dig defences and the Germans
are pouring in reinforcements from the Reich
and elsewhere which are being thrown
straight into the battle. This had slowed
down the Russian offensive but by no
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