heavies again attacked flying bomb
sites in Northern France.
There was nothing over Britain last night.
In the South West Pacific Allied aircraft
have sunk 5 Japanese supply ships
and set fire to a light cruiser off
Celebes.
26/8/1944. 1.= pm. Wardell
The German surrender of Paris has been officially
.....[?]. A land, sea and air assault has been
started against Brest to finish it off. There is no
confirmation that American troops have
reached Reims and Châlons-sur-Marne.
In Paris the Germans surrendered to General
Leclerc. Herds of German prisoners are coming
in west of the Seine, only German rearguard
keep some order. Our forces are 8 miles from
Rouen and 3 miles beyond Honfleur.
The German pocket west of the Seine is 10 miles
deep at the most. We are now moving in for the
kill. American medium bombers and
also RAF heavies yesterday pounded Brest.
HMS "Warspite" also bombed Brest for 2 to 3
hours. Except a few pockets of resistance
nearly the whole of Southern France from
Briançon on the Italian border to the Rhone
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