last month.
Our troops are 10 miles from the Burma border.
Road casualties in June amounted to
497 killed and 10441 injured. American
troops are under 70 miles from Paris.
1.13 1/2 end.
11/8/1944. 6.=pm. Stuart Hibberd
In France the Allied drive toward Falaise
has stopped for the time being. British troops
have captured Thury in the Orne Valley and
the Americans have advanced a few miles in
the Vire sector. The Germans fight desperately
to hold the line Falaise - Mortain.
A Polish tank division, it is now revealed,
helps the Canadians. An advance is also
reported on the way to Lisieux.
The Germans try hard to hold the bulge
in the Vire - Mortain area. At St. Malo
German resistance has almost ceased
but there is a German pocket still
fighting at Dinan. East of Le Mans the
Americans encountered some stiff
opposition which is apparent from the fact
that 15 tanks were destroyed. There is no
confirmation that the Americans have
reached Chartres. Flying Fortresses and Liberators
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