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Germans counterattacked savagely but
their attempts to throw us back across the
Orne failed. Fighting also takes place in the
triangle Vire - Mortain - Domfront.
The American line now runs far to the
East beyond Mayenne river which is 100
miles in straight line from Paris and 130 miles
by road. Fires are burning in St. Malo and
Lorient where the German garrisons are
apparently destroying their dumps.
Halifaxes and Lancasters last night attacked
fuel dumps in 3 hiding places. Mosquitoes
dropped 4000 pounders on Cologne.
Mosquitoes were also over France but they
reported less activity on roads and rails.
Coastal rocket firing planes left 3 minesweepers
ablaze in the Bay of Biscay.
Our planes again crossed to France this
morning in the uninterrupted sunny weather.
In Italy we have taken Montelupo and
heights have been gained north of Libbiano.
In Florence German and fascist snipers
are busy again. It is estimated there are some
1000 Germans in Florence. Our planes made
a thousand sorties from Southern France
to Yugoslavia. 5 enemy planes were destroyed
and 6 of ours are missing. The two German
armies in Northern Latvia and Estonia
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