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01 Aug 1944

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Gloucester Advocate in Gloucester, New South Wales

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Gloucester Advocate

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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

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Aug 01, 1944

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American Troops Drive in France Rapid Advance

American forces push along the Cherbourg Peninsula capturing Brehal Gavray Cerences and Percy while bypassing Granville and moving toward Avranches twenty miles southeast of Brehal. About 10 000 prisoners taken since the offensive began Wednesday. British and American lines advance with Eisenhower visiting Normandy and praising progress as German resistance collapses and tanks are abandoned.

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Cherbourg Brehal Gavray Cerences Percy Granville Avranches Caumont Allie Eisenhower Normandy Rommel Second Panzer Division Anshan Manchukuo China TLS Grote Peninsula Guam Marianas Florence Gothc Italy Eighth Army England King George
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Reds 24 Miles From Baltic in World War II Tide

Russian troops drive a wedge toward the Baltic as German lines bend near Riga and Mitwa, threatening Estonia and Latvia with isolation. A new Red Army offensive toward East Prussia expands across the Niemen front, while Warsaw endures ferocious fighting and Rommel’s fate rumors swirl amid Allied bombings in Manchuria and Guam.

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Baltic Riga Estonia Latvia Mitwa East Prussia Berlin Augustaw E. Prussia Moscow Augustow Niemen Warsaw
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