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smashed a German counterattack beyond
the Moselle. Allied troops are 10 miles beyond
Épinal. The Americans have passes the
first sentences on Germans stealing coal.
Last night 50 barges, 29 locomotives,
327 railway trucks were destroyed in Holland
and the Rhineland. Over 1000 RAF planes
last night attacked Dortmund and
Bremen, also Berlin and Ludwigshafen.
The attacks were highly concentrated.
Dortmund got 1500 tons, Bremen 1000
tons of bombs, mines were laid too
and from the night's work 12 planes are
missing. A 100 German planes attacked
the Arnhem area. The Germans tried to
drop supplies to their garrison at Dunkirk
by parachutes. Through bad navigation
these came down at Dieppe where they were
seized by our forces. General Marshall
arrived in France direct by air from
the U.S.A. for important conferences.
General de Gaulle announced that
elections for the municipal councils
will be held in February next. The electricity
supply in Paris has improved. The new
rations guarantee the French a
minimum of 1200 calories. The German
ambassador in Sweden has announced
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