yesterday that things are going badly in
Russia.
11/8/1943 6.= pm. Rich Wessel
Allied forces in Sicily make small but
steady progress along the coast road.
Fighting near Randazzo is heavy.
Gadia [?] was captured 40 miles from
Messina. Germans carry out demolitions
on a lavish scale and there also plenty
minefields.
According to a German prisoner
their companies have been reduced
from 200 to 20 men.
Air attacks were carried out on both
sides of the street. We lost 5 planes
and the enemy 6.
Cruisers and destroyers of the navy
penetrated the Gulf of Naples
and bombed a place where there are
repair shops. In S. Italy railway
bridges were attacked in a similar
way. Mr. Churchill attended a meeting
of the war cabinet. Canadian
chiefs of staff met British chiefs
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