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and the North Sea is pouring in through the
holes flooding the enemy's positions on the
island. 1000 Lancasters and Liberators
escorted by 750 fighters were over Southern Germany
today attacking tank works at Nuremberg
and an air force station west of the town.
The Daimler Benz Works were also attacked.
The attack of the 1st American Army has gained
another 4 miles and they have reached the
highway north of Aachen running to
Mönchengladbach and are within 25
miles of Gladbach itself. North of Metz ground
has also been gained. French troops are
within 10 miles of Belfort. Today was quiet
between Nijmegen and Arnhem weather
was bad. General Dempsey's troops advanced
6 miles south and east of Nijmegen over
the Meuse river. The Canadians have
extended their bridgehead across the
Antwerp - Turnhout canal. Allied troops
are in Merksem the industrial suburb
of Antwerp from where the Germans
shelled Antwerp. After 63 days of fighting
- it started the 1st August in the expectance
of an early liberation - the Polish resistance
has ended and General Bór said that the
last shots were fired at 10 o'clock last night.
By agreement between the Polish Red Cross
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