stopped it. Bank holiday weather was
good as ever for years. Seaside resorts from
Bournemouth to Blackpool are filled to
saturation point. No announcements.
BBC notice about entries for Red Cross Radio
Contest for which tomorrow is the last day.
Police message about accident in Lancashire
where an elderly woman was knocked down
by a car, received injuries from which she
has since died. Telephone Preston 4811.
6.17 end
8/8/1944. 9.= am. Peter Watson
More than 1000 RAF Lancasters and
Halifaxes last night dropped many thousands
of bombs on German positions south of Caen.
Earlier British troops had seized a new
bridgehead across the Orne 12 miles south
of Caen. Parts of the German panzer divisions
yesterday attacked near Mortain
apparently trying to cut through to
Avranches and split the Allied forces
They advanced 4 miles and retook
Mortain but the Americans cleared
them out again. Rocket firing Typhoons
knocked out at least 135 enemy tanks.
Americans moving toward Paris were
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