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been counted. The main port of Ösel on
the South coast has been captured.
The advance on Riga has been resumed
and the place is only 25 miles away.
Great battles took place west of Schaulen.
For 2 days the Germans launched attacks
with strong forces against the Russian
bridgehead across the Narew and this
cost them 200 tanks. Russian troops
are 35 miles into Hungary. Of the 300 places
captured 9 are large towns. Yesterday the
Russians destroyed 126 tanks and 34
planes. Russian bombers made a
strong attack on Memel. Destroyers of
the Royal Navy shelled Greek islands.
The weather dominates the picture in
Italy. British, American and South
African troops of the 5th Army are
advancing on Bologna. German
attempts to stabilise the situation
failed. Slow progress is made in the
Adriatic. The Japanese have landed
more troops at Fuzhou between
Shanghai and Hong Kong on the South
East coast of China. In South China
Japanese advance on Kwei-Lu [?] has been
checked and another gained ground.
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