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amazing scenes in the liberated places.
French forces of the interior are also
active.
The hard core of the German resistance is still
in Normandy's West. The 11 miles advance
from Falaise to the South East brought the
Canadians to Trun which has been
occupied. The gap is now only 2 to 3 miles
wide and patrols across it have already
formed up. Yesterday afternoon the roads
were crowded with out pulling Germans
and our aircraft made use of this in an
all out effort til darkness. Over 500
transport vehicles were destroyed or damaged
and at least 35 tanks. Rocket firing Typhoons
went in too and our airmen reported
amazing scenes. More than 500 barges have
been massed by the Germans on the Seine river
to get forces across. Nazi paper say the
German Command is earning time by
loss of space. Paris Radio has been of the
air and there was no usual news
service this morning. In the South our
troops are closing in on Toulon and
Cannes. They are between 5 and 10
miles from Toulon. 7000 prisoners including
a General and his staff were taken.
Our casualties are light and we have not
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