tank division.
The German Luftwaffe tried to carry out an
attack against Russian shipping in the
Gulf of Finland.
The first civilians exchanged have arrived in
Liverpool.
The German under water fleet is still a big one.
Fred Grisewood 10/8/1944. 6.=pm.
The Americans have reached Nantes and
Lorient is completely surrounded.
We are in France rapidly tightening our
hold on a line running in the West from
Caen to Angers and bound in the South
by the river Loire. Nantes is the largest city
the Allies have yet reached. American
troops who approached it have met little
opposition. At Lorient there is a stiff German
defence and at Brest there are the elements
of 3 divisions who have rejected the ultimatum
to surrender. At St. Malo only one strong
point of major importance is holding out
and the town is in our hands.
Heavy fighting takes place round Mortain
and forces south of Vire have made local
advances but in general there is heavy
fighting from Vire to the river Orne.
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