76 German aircraft were captured.
On the way to Belgrade Versecz has been taken.
Patras is the main port for the Greek currant
crop. The Russians are broadening their advance
into Yugoslavia.
6/10/1944. 6.= pm. 9.= pm. Joseph Macleod
The Canadian drive north of Antwerp
sharply threatens the German positions
in the Scheldt estuary. The Canadian
1st Army launched a powerful attack
south of the Scheldt across the Leopold
canal (this runs from the North Sea
north of Zeebrugge, north of Damme,
Maldegem to the Braakman). They used
assault craft and flamethrowers
and are meeting stubborn resistance.
There are about 5000 men there cut off
opposite Flushing. They cannot get
supplies but can draw on those the
troops ferried across the mouth of the
Scheldt earlier, have left behind.
U.K., Canadian and Polish troops
are closing in on the communication
centres of Breda and Tilburg and forcing
the Germans from more of Western
Holland. The German withdrawal is
fairly orderly but in some place we have
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