IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1872.—8u11y Haves captured. 1872.—8a110t Act passed. 1878—Treaty of Berlin signed. 1900. —Ean of Hopetoun appointed first Governor of Australia. 1900.—Tientsin bombarded by Allies. 1941.—Britain and Russia signed full military alliance.
Russians launch new offensive north of Polotsk on a 90-miie front, and break through German defences to a depth of 21 miles. -
Important railway town of Idritsa on line to Riga and 26 miles from the Latvian frontier captured. Americans continue to make steady progress iii Normandy, and are now only one and a-half miles from Saint Lo, and threatening Lessay. Little change in British sector south-west of Caen. Ail positions firmly held. Munich area again bombed by big force of American planes. Germans fiercely resisting Allied advance in Italy. Fifth Army within 12 miles of Leghorn at one point. l Nazis admit that the supreme test has come for Germany, with vast defensive battles on three fronts.
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Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 1
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152IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 1
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