wounded, missing and taken prisoner.
German casualties amount to 227000
and Italian to 400000.
A part in campaign had
Lancs. Fusiliers, Hamps. Regiment,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
Royal Fusiliers, Seaforth Highlanders,
York and Lancs. Reg., Gordon
Cameron High., Royal West Kent Reg.
Amongst forces now in Tunis are
Derbyshire and Staffs., Notts. Yeomanry.
No change is reported from Russia.
Germans are attacking in Kuban.
U.S.A. forces make progress on Attu
Island. Japanese offering stubborn
resistance. New issue of S. African
oranges for children. Extra sugar for
jam-making on schools. 4 lbs per
child.
After news in Forces story about 27
Frenchmen who were shot on 22/10/1941
in a camp at Châteaubriant.
12.= Maurice Shillington
Tunis well over 200000 prisoners.
Möhne reservoir empty. Breaches in
Eder, Möhne dams both 200 feet
each. Kassel partly flooded. Whole
valley under water.
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