two years to capture Verdun. In Italy our
spearheads have penetrated into the Gothic line
for half a mile. Russian tanks are chasing
the Germans west of Bucharest. South of Bucharest
the Bulgarian border has been reached and
Russian troops are also almost to the frontier
near the Black Sea.
German troops guarding a railway line on the
Greek - Turkish frontier gave themselves up to
the Turks to be interned. They number some
200. The Japanese report an attack by bombers
based in China on Formosa last night.
Mr. Gandhi will meet Mr. Jinnah in Bombay
on the 9th of September.
The Victoria Cross has been awarded to flying
officer Cruickshank a Scotsman for sinking
a U-boat in Northern waters with his Catalina
flying boat. The Germans report our bombers
over South West Germany. Last night Mosquitoes
dropped 4000 pounders on Düsseldorf.
The Germans fired a thousand shells across
the Channel into the Dover area.
1/9/1944. 6.= pm. Macleod
We have 3 bridgeheads over the Meuse. More to
the North we are only 10 miles from the Belgian
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