have smashed into the German defences in the
Estonian Republic along a 40 miles front.
Allied bombers are harrying the Japanese
troops cut off in New Guinea.
American heavies from the Marianas
have attacked one of the Bonin islands
750 miles from Tokyo.
President Roosevelt paid his first visit
to the Aleutians last week. He is
to broadcast from the USA. tomorrow
night. RAF heavies last night bombed a
junction near Lyon. Mosquitoes
again attacked Berlin.
12/8/1944 1.= pm. Grisewood
The Allied armies keep up their pressure
in Normandy, Brittany and the heart of
France.
We are gradually pressing back the German
divisions in Normandy on the line
Falaise - Vire - Mortain. British troops at
Thury have joined up with the Canadian
troops. In the South and rear of the Normandy
front the Americans advance Northward
from Le Mans. Halifaxes escorted by
Spitfires yesterday attacked flying bomb sites
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