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has been freed. The Rhone has been reached on various
points. Arles and Avignon are in our hands.
So far no Italian communique has come in.
Mr. Attlee deputy Prime Minister is now
in Italy. The Romanians have declared
war on Germany and the third European
capital has been liberated viz Bucharest
(also Rome and Paris). The Russian have
reached the Danube delta at Kilija [?] and
Russian armies have joined up on the river
Proet. Yesterday over 550 places were captured
and on one side the Red Army is only 30 miles
from Galatz. In 5 days battle the Russians
killed and captured 205000 Germans,
destroyed or captured 200 planes, 600 guns
and trapped 12 divisions too, of which 13000
already gave themselves up. Soviet troops
have driven deeper into Estonia and Tartu
(Dorpat) as well as 60 other places have
been captured. South of Lausche [?] 40 towns
and villages were captured and advances
made. Northeast of the East Prussian border
concentrations of military trains were
bombed. The RAF last night sent 1000 planes out
to bomb the Opel works at Rüsselsheim
as their main target. Darmstadt was
attacked too and Berlin by Mosquitoes as well.
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