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All public buildings are in the hands of the
F.F.I. Vichy representatives had fled or were
taken prisoner. The Paris population had a
great part in the liberation.
Immediately after the reading of this
news the Marseillaise was played.
Everywhere the Germans are being pressed
back. Sens 60 miles southeast of Paris
has been liberated and General Patton's
troops have already pushed beyond it.
Étampes was also captured. The Germans
lost their defence line of Touques. To the outskirts
of Deauville the coast had been cleared.
A new bridgehead across the Touques has
also been formed. Canadian troops are
only 30 miles from the Seine. There is still no
confirmation about the Allied landing
near Bordeaux. American troops have
entered Grenoble which is 60 miles from Lyon
and they are only 40 miles from Turin.
Grenoble is 140 airline miles from the Coast.
Digne has also been captured. North of
Aix we are also advancing toward Avignon.
In the South of France prisoners are
coming in in quantities and the total
yesterday is 17000. On the Romanian front
the Russians have advanced 40 miles
over a front of 70 miles. 300 other place were
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