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Aachen to Switzerland we are nowhere more
than 50 miles from the Siegfried line. We are
less than 10 miles from Antwerp. There is
no confirmation that Calais, Boulogne or
Dunkirk are in our hands. We have a good bridgehead
across the Somme and advanced 20
miles up the coast. Around St. Quentin, Cambrai
and in the forest of Compiègne there are some
pockets of Germans resisting. Weather is against
us for flying. A 15000 vehicles behind the line in
Belgium are in a hopeless confusion
and American dive bombers are attacking
these. Yesterday 50 railway engines were
damaged. There was no German air activity
of any kind this afternoon by the Germans.
In the South the American reached Bourg.
Authorities around Vichy have confiscated
all goods belonging to Laval. A few days
ago Mussolini inspected fascist Italian
troops at Rimini. No announcements.
BBC notice about posting entries for Red Cross
Radio Contest. 2 police messages, one about
an accident in Hampshire Thursday
night wherein 2 American soldiers were
knocked down. Telephone Winchester 3333
and on Great North Road Doncaster
last Saturday afternoon Doncaster 2222.
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