12/8/1944. 9.= am.
Some 20 German divisions are threatened
with encirclement by Canadian forces
pressing down toward Falaise and an
American armoured column striking
Northward from Le Mans.
United Kingdom troops in a new series
of thrusts have cleared the Germans from
another key point across the Orne.
American troops have crossed the
Loire at Nantes about 30 miles
from the river's mouth and have pushed
on 10 miles south of the city.
In a message to all the Allied armies
in France General Montgomery said
complete victory lay ahead and would
come quickly so long we did not relax.
Bad weather has slowed down fighting
in Italy but Polish troops have driven
the Germans across a river 20 miles
beyond Ancona. Among the United
Kingdom forces in Italy are the Grenadier
Guards. Mr. Churchill has arrived in
Italy. A new Allied Commando unit
known as Land Force Adriatic has
practically wiped out a German
garrison on the Albanian coast. The [?]
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