hands. Rimini is within artillery range.
On the West coast we are still advancing
and 6 miles north of Pisa. At 8 o'clock this
morning hostilities ceased between Finland
and Russia. The Germans in Northern
Finland must leave before the 15th of September.
Sweden reports a stream of German traffic
from Northern Finland to Norway.
The Russians now hold 130 miles of the
frontier between Bulgaria and Romania.
The first Yugoslav Spitfire squadron
has been formed.
In Burma we have cleared 100 miles of the
road south of Imphal and we are now
50 miles across the border. The Japanese
air force is being bombed out of the Philippines.
In these attack the longest fighter flight so
far was made.
There was no German air activity of
any kind over the U.K. last night or this
morning.
4/9/1944 6.pm. R. Robinson
We are less than 20 miles from the Dutch
frontier. The German High Command
has lost all control of the retreat and
its orders are being disobeyed. From
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