of his country's desire to get out of the war.
He said his government was determined
to remove all obstacles to peace.
The V.C. has been awarded to Company
Sergeant Major Stanley Elton Hollis of the
Green Howards for a daring action on D-day in
Normandy and posthumously to Corporal
Hanson Victor Turner of the West Yorkshire Regiment
for gallantry in Burma.
RAF Mosquitoes last night attacked Mannheim.
18/8/1944. 1.= pm. Stuart Hibberd
American troops in France are between 20
and 30 miles from Paris. The Germans are being
swept back from Normandy to the Seine.
Canadian and Polish troops have pressed
on 11 miles from Falaise.
There is little fresh news beyond the Shaef
communique this morning about the
American drive to Paris and the Valley
of the Seine. At Dreux the Americans have
a bridgehead across the Eure and are
now only 20 miles from the Seine at Mantes.
There is no news from Orleans. It fell without
much fighting. The Americans in their drive
from Le Mans have met little organized
resistance. Reports this morning tell about
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