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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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