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One column 25 miles beyond the Aisne was last reported outside Laon. The Cheshire Regiment and the King's Royal Rifle Corps are named as fighting in France since D-day. In the Rhone Valley the American troops are within 6 miles of Valence. 8th Army troops have pushed closer to the Gothic line. The Germans say we have reached the Eastern end at Pesaro. The Russians have advanced 40 miles in 24 hours and taken Ploesti. A Romanian armistice delegation is in Moscow. Armistice terms are expected to be handed shortly to the Bulgarian delegation in Cairo. In the South West Pacific Allied aircraft have again bombed Halmahera and Davao. It is announced that the U.S. navy has built 65000 vessels amounting to £ 90.000.000 in the last 5 years. Over 500 British based American heavies yesterday bombed Bremen and Kiel. Other heavies attacked the Pas de Calais. Not one was lost. There have been more flying bombs.
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31/8/1944
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For Davao read Davao City
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