have captured Kishinev and have also taken
4 big towns below Jassy one of them within
60 miles of Galatz.
A Moscow official statement says
Romania can conclude an armistice
with the Allies only if her troops help the
Red Army to drive out the Germans.
In Italy United Kingdom and India
troops have advanced in the Upper Arno
Valley.
Nearly 2000 American heavy bombers
from Britain and Italy yesterday attacked
oil targets in Germany and Czechoslovakia.
In the South West Pacific Allied bombers
have again pounded Halmahera
Island. Allied ground forces in New Guinea
have killed 1600 more Japanese.
The coastal areas of Britain have been
banned since March have been opened
again. They still remain regulated areas.
24/8/1944. 1.= pm. Frederick Allen
The bells of the Notre Dame de Paris have rung
out today to welcome General Leclerc's
Second Armoured Division which is now
in the centre of Paris. They met considerable
opposition in the outskirts of Paris.
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