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who had in his paper declared shooting
of hostages legal and propagated shooting
of English hostages if bombing of France
continued. The verdict was guilty which
means death. On his return flight from
Moscow Mr. Churchill spent 24 hours
in Cairo and a night in Italy with
General Sir Maitland Wilson and
General Alexander. The appalling weather
in Italy continued but the 8th Army
has made progress all alongside
the front. On the Adriatic Coast Cervia
has been captured. West of the mountains
New Zealand troops are meeting strong
resistance. Canadian troops secured
a new bridgehead across the river Savio
north of Cesena and west of the place
existing bridgeheads have been enlarged.
Flying Fortresses and Liberators from
Italy today attacked targets in the
areas of Munich, the Brenner pass line in
Northern Italy and targets in Czechoslovakia.
They were escorted by Lightnings
and had no fighter opposition. Last night
Bomber Command planes attacked
Hamburg and targets in Western Germany
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