17/8/1944. 9.= am.
Canadian troops have launched a new
assault in the battle of the Falaise gap
and are now fighting inside the
town.
UK troops on the right of the Canadians
now control the main highway through
the German salient. American troops
are closing in on a strong point only
8 miles across the Falaise gap.
The Germans say that American armoured
forces have pushed more to the east of
Alençon and have been heavily engaged
around Dreux and Chartres. This report
is not confirmed. Two more British
regiments in Northern France have been
named the Northumberland Fusiliers
and the Derbyshire Yeomanry.
In Southern France American and
French troops are still streaming ashore.
Some Allied troops were last reported
8 miles inland. Others are firmly
established in beachheads between
Cannes and Toulon. Mr. Churchill
watched the first landing from a
British destroyer after visiting Corsica
with him were the US Undersecretary
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