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as it was unquestionably he, who instilled sense
years Marcsi with her Germanomania.

June 12. Monday.
German controlled papers begin to [strikethrough] say [/strikethrough] be more and
be more interesting than B.B.C. news. For example:
B.B.C. only mentions heavy fighting on the Cherbourg
peninsula. German commentators on the contrary,
say more. On the first few days of the invasion
they proudly announced that allies did not
reach their aim in occupying Cherbourg. In yesterday’s
paper Hallensleben confessed to have been
mistaken, as Cherbourg [emphasis] is not [/emphasis] the chief aim
for the allies, although fighting is going on there.
After this I am confident that Cherbourg is going
to be occupied in a short time.- In Italy all
G. organization seems to have collapsed, at least
the pace of progress by allied troups is so astounding.

Sanya heard about Marcsi and Jenö going to
Lisbon. It would be splendid for them, just
at this phase of the war, it [strikethrough] must be a [/strikethrough] is clever
[strikethrough] scheme [/strikethrough] planning on part of Jenö but as I heard just