of the Burma border. The Education Bill has
received Royal assent. After 9 o'clock
tonight fishermen may fish off the shores
that have been freed. One announcement
about the 19th allocation of dried eggs
which is now being distributed.
11/8/1944 9.= am.
American tank columns are pressing
beyond Le Mans toward Chartres and
Paris. Other American forces are in Angers
and Nantes and St. Malo is practically
liberated. United Kingdom troops have
fought their way into Vimont southeast
of Caen. The Canadian First Army was
last night meeting desperate resistance
in its drive toward Falaise. British
troops in Normandy include the 43rd
division and the 231st Malta Brigade.
Allied airborne forces have been formed
into one army under the American
Lieutenant General Lewis Brereton.
The British Lieutenant General Frederick
Browning is deputy commander.
8th Army troops have driven the Germans
from all the high ground in the Arno bend
east of Florence. The Victoria Cross has
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