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important communication centre of Laon.
Mopping up between Seine and Marne
continues. Châlons-sur-Marne is being outflanked
and the Germans say we have captured
it. Across the Seine we have reached the village
of Étrépagny. The Paris - Rouen road has been
cut in two places. We are 5 miles from the
centre of Rouen. Near Paris Le Bourget has
been cleared. Weather for flying was bad yesterday
but our planes were active over the Low Countries,
Western Germany and France. 20 aircraft were
destroyed on the ground near Brussels and 6 of
ours are missing. In the South of France Montélimar
has been occupied. American troops were
viewed in Paris yesterday. An American
division marched through it for 2 hours.
General de Gaulle broadcast from Paris
last night. In Italy we are 5 miles beyond
Pontassieve east of Florence. Russian troops
are within 30 miles of the Bulgarian frontier.
Enormous oil stores were found at
Constanța. Last night 1200 tons of bombs
were dropped on Stettin alone. Königsberg
was bombed 3 nights before. We also had two
forces of Mosquitoes out, one to Hamburg and
one to Berlin. Mines were also laid. 41 of
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