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only available for 1 1/2 hour per day and gas is not available. The population of Paris is said to be fed by central kitchens. The first details about progress in the South have been published. Our front is from 10 miles west of Cannes to 10 miles east of Toulon. All ports have been captured between these two places. Air opposition is still negligible and our reconnaissance planes reported an empty countryside. In the liberated places in the South the fascists were put in jail on the spot. The Admiralty has again warned for dangers in the Baltic. The German communique suggests that the Russian are nearer to East Prussia than ever before as they mention fighting on both sides of Wirballen a frontier village. There is no great change on the Italian front but sharp patrol actions are taking place in the Arno Valley. The Japanese invasion of India has ended today. Apart from sick and stragglers there are no Japanese on Indian soil. Flying bomb damage is reported to Dr. Johnson's House, the Butcher's Hall in the City and ground in Buckingham Palace.
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Date
17/8/1944
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Virbalis
Notes
For Wirballen read Virbalis
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