Canadian troops are pouring into
the flying bomb area. Metz is 20 miles
from the German frontier. Police message
about accident in the Kilborn High
Road London Telephone New Scotland
Yard Whitehall 1212.
4/9/1944 9.= am.
Two British armoured columns are
driving ahead after crossing the Belgian
frontier not far from Lille.
They have advanced north of Tournai.
One report says British armoured
cars have reached Brussels.
American troops are pushing forward
on a 30 miles front parallel to the
British thrust and are reported to
have freed Mons.
General Patton's spearhead still
operating in security silence are
drawing toward the German border.
They were last reported near Nancy
and Metz. Canadian troops on
the Channel coast have outflanked
Abbeville. American and French
forces are reported 35 miles northeast
of Lyon. The War Office has named
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