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In the South we are 50 miles from Lyon. West of the
Rhone Alès has been captured and we
are 5 miles across the French - Italian
frontier. We penetrated the outer strong
points of the Gothic line in 3 separate
places. We are also in Pesaro but troops
of the 8th Army share the place with the
Germans. Godfrey Talbot reporting said
the Germans resist strongly but things
go more than satisfactory.
The Germans in Romania are in flight.
They lost thousands of men and 7000
have surrendered with another General.
Mediterranean planes bombed airfields
in Romania destroying 60 planes on
the ground. At midday today the
Prime Minister of Bulgaria said that his
Government had resigned. Fighting takes
place between Germans and Croats
against the Bulgars. The Germans do not
admit the loss of Bucharest. John Alexander
Cruickshank was in the 210th Squadron
Coastal Command born in Aberdeen
in 1920 and now living in Edinburgh. At 2
o'clock this morning German batteries opened
up which fire lasted 4 to 5 hours. His Excellency
the Polish ambassador spoke after the news.
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