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Évreux and the German retreat has the
appearance of a rout. Great demonstrations
are to be held in North Africa today. The bells
of St Paul's Cathedral will ring for half an
hour tomorrow. In the South the day before
yesterday hard fighting took place near
Digne and now the Americans are
already 32 miles beyond Grenoble and
on the way to Lyon. North of Aix we are
advancing on Avignon and the Germans
already report "classic" defence in the
Rhone Valley. Savage fighting is taking
place in Marseilles between the F.F.I.
and the Germans. There is no Allied
confirmation about a landing
near Bordeaux but the Germans say
we have landed at St. Jean de Luz.
Mr. Churchill received Bonomi yesterday
and had lunch with him and General
Badoglio. BBC notice about Listener,
on sale tomorrow. 2 announcements,
one about foot and mouth disease
among pigs near Leeds, West Riding of
Yorks. and one about hop pickers required,
boys of 15 1/2 to 18 to pick hop in Kent. There will
be free travel says the Ministry of Labour
in their announcement and it will last
about 2 weeks in Kent.
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