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light oppositions. The Marne is being controlled
30 miles from Paris to Meaux and also for 20
miles from Meaux to Château-Thierry
American troops advancing from Troyes
are within 25 miles of Châlons-sur-Marne.
The only ground the Germans hold west of the
Seine is between Elbeuf and the sea.
Rouen is being threatened from two sides of the
Seine. The number of prisoners taken in the
Falaise gap is 92000. Pursuing the Germans
up the Rhone Valley continues and the Germans
are extremely short of petrol and leaving their
transport behind. So far we have 35000 prisoners
in hand. The German forces escaping to Lyon
are about a division and a half. In Italy
the German withdrawal has ended and we
have reached the main Gothic line.
Urbino has been surrounded by our
troops. In Romania the Germans admit
the loss of Buzău 40 miles from Ploesti
and 60 miles from Bucharest. There is also
an oil refinery at Buzău. The Bulgarians are
disarming the German troops crossing
into Bulgaria. Tito reports that the Bulgarian
troops still occupy parts of Yugoslavia.
There is little news about the position in
Hungary. Apples from Northern Ireland will go
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