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forward. Italian and Polish troops in the Adriatic sector seem to have reached the outer defences of the Gothic line. The King has sent a telegram to General Eisenhower to congratulate him with the victories of the Allied armies. Romania's decision has struck Germany a mortal blow. Moscow reports fighting between Romanians and Germans. Concentration camps have been abolished and amnesty for political prisoners granted by the new Romanian Government. King Michael made his dramatic announcement at 10 1/2 hour yesterday evening. A Bulgarian envoy has arrived in Turkey. Dębica captured in Southern Poland by the Russians is an aircraft factory area. In Estonia Russian troops are only 6 miles from Tartu which is Dorpat. 1300 Flying Fortresses and Liberators with an escort of 500 to 750 fighters attacked oil targets at Leipzig, Hannover and Breslau, aircraft factory at Brunswick, radio factory at Weimar and industrial targets in Kiel. Lancasters this afternoon attacked R-boat pens at IJmuiden with 12000 pound bombs. German E- and R-boats are evacuating
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