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up arms. He decreed that all doors should be
left open after dark and that no more than 3
persons may gather. Bad weather limited
attacks over the battle area yesterday but RAF Mosquitoes
bombed the retreating Germans by light of flares.
Concentrations of barges on the Seine were also
attacked. A veteran monitor of the last war
silenced two German batteries near Le Havre
yesterday. In the South of France our drive has
rapidly outstripped the official communique.
25 miles inland the river Durance has
been crossed and French Forces of the Interior
have surrounded Petrins [?] 27 miles north
of Paris. Our troops are 3 miles from Toulon.
A total of 14000 prisoners has now been taken.
Reports from the Spanish and Swiss frontiers
say the German posts are leaving their posts
and interning themselves in Spain.
The Germans have rushed in troops to Belfort
near to which place are Laval's headquarters.
The "Maquis" have completely surrounded
Grenoble. The Swiss radio announced that
Switzerland has agreed to pass seriously
injured German wounded. Less seriously
wounded are being interned. On the Adriatic
sector in Italy our troops are now 8 miles
south of highway 3. Mr. Churchill has paid a
visit to the 5th Army troops after spending
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