7/9/1943. 9.= am Dutch time. Robert Robinson
From S. Italy there has been nothing new
during the night. All day long yesterday
our aircraft carried out attacks on
Italian targets. Radio Algiers reported
yesterday evening that San Stefano has been
captured as well as villages in the hills
behind. During the raids on Italian
targets 7 enemy aircraft were destroyed
and we lost 4. In the Donets Basin and
the Northern Ukraine the Russians are
attacking as fast as possible.
Notwithstanding the Germans are counterattacking
continually Konotop has been
captured. In the Donets basin the advance
amounted to from 9 1/2 to 15 miles.
More than 100 places were captured
Stalino 8 miles further has not yet
fallen. Slovjansk was captured.
Near Kharkiv large further counterattacks
are taking place by the Germans.
Russians are now progressing in
the direction of Bakhmach.
German troops in the Smolensk and
Bryansk area have been bombed.
Parachute troops have landed
behind the Japanese positions at Lae
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