The Russian are only 7 miles from the Southern
borders of East Prussia.
Further South they have wiped out the German
salient northeast of Warsaw so that 2
armies stand shoulder to shoulder
for a further advance toward German
territory.
The Polish Premier Mr. Mikołajczyk is
back in Britain and is lunching today
with Mr. Eden.
South West Pacific air patrols have
again flown across the New Guinea
area to the Philippines where they
sank a Japanese freighter and
damaged a smaller vessel.
In South East China Chinese columns
are converging on the important
railway town of Hengyang.
14/8/1944 Joseph Macleod
The Allies are pressing tighter on the German
pockets in Normandy. General Eisenhower issued
an order of the day today wherein he said that we
have now an opportunity for a major victory
and that this week can be a momentous
week. Correspondents at Shaef reported that
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