refloated in Hudson River.
9.8.1943 6 pm. Stuart Hibberd
Allied advances on all Sicilian fronts
are reported.
Acireale has been captured by the 8th
Army which is the biggest news from that
army. The place is 8 miles from Catania.
Seaborne landings were carried out
by the Americans on the North Coast.
Sant' Agata and San Fratello were captured
as well as Cesarò.
Our bombers were over Messina
and more damage was done to railway
installations and communications
on the Italian mainland.
We lost 2 planes and the enemy 7.
With a broadening front swift progress
is made in Russia. The railway from
Kharkiv to Sumy has been cut.
The advance on the Bryansk front has
been less spectacular.
In the Central Solomons Vila aerodrome
was bombed and a naval depot nearby.
The Japanese are on the defensive
now. Frank Gillard our correspondent
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