The British United Press correspondent at Allied Headquarters says Marshal Tito's forces have demolished the Belgrade-Zagreb section of the line in scores of places, while the line running from Belgrade to Skoplje, in Serbian Macedonia, has also been attacked and a German train has been derailed with over 1000 casualties. Smaller lines are being cut at many points. The Zagreb-Sunja line and the Sunja-Bihac line in Croatia have been cut, also the line farther south between Brod, Sarajevo and Mostar. Marshal Tito's forces in Slovenia are carrying out the same kind of destruction. Great fleets of Allied bombers are simultaneously striking against vital railway centres and scores of locomotives and hundreds of railway wagons have been destroyed. The Navy has taken a hand along the Dalmatian coast, hammering against dwindling streams of German shipping trying to slip northward through the maze of islands. The British United Press military correspondent says everything points to a concerted drive to cut off and destroy the German forces in South-eastern Europe which are estimated to number 25 divisions or 200,000 men. General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Supreme Commander in the Mediterranean, broadcast a special message to all Balkan countries. "Very soon," he said, "all countries throughout Europe, including the Balkans, will be free. The Allies will not be tolerant towards persons and political groups assisting the Germans. This war will be over soon, and when it is you may be certain that war criminals, no matter what their nationality, will be punished. The day of reckoning with the Germans and those who assist the Germans is at hand. You have your warning."

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 213, 8 September 1944, Page 5

The British United Press correspondent at Allied Headquarters says Marshal Tito's forces have demolished the BelgradeZagreb section of the line in scores of places, while the line running from Belgrade to Skoplje, in Serbian Macedonia, has also been attacked and a German train has been derailed with over 1000 casualties. Smaller lines are being cut at many points. The Zagreb-Sunja line and the Sunja-Bihac line in Croatia have been cut, also the line farther south between Brod, Sarajevo and Mostar. Marshal Tito's forces in Slovenia are carrying out the same kind of destruction. Great fleets of Allied bombers are simultaneously striking against vital railway centres and scores of locomotives and hundreds of railway wagons have been destroyed. The Navy has taken a hand along the Dalmatian coast, hammering against dwindling streams of German shipping trying to slip northward through the maze of islands. The British United Press military correspondent says everything points to a concerted drive to cut off and destroy the German forces in South-eastern Europe which are estimated to number 25 divisions or 200,000 men. General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Supreme Commander in the Mediterranean, broadcast a special message to all Balkan countries. "Very soon," he said, "all countries throughout Europe, including the Balkans, will be free. The Allies will not be tolerant towards persons and political groups assisting the Germans. This war will be over soon, and when it is you may be certain that war criminals, no matter what their nationality, will be punished. The day of reckoning with the Germans and those who assist the Germans is at hand. You have your warning."