8/9/1943. 9.= am. Dutch time Maurice Shillington
The Russian army have cut the direct railway lines
between the Central and the Southern fronts.
In the Donets Basin some 90 more places
and sizeable towns were captured
and the advance amounts to from 6 to 12
miles. Stalino has not yet fallen but been
outflanked. On Monday railway
junctions in the German rear were
bombed. On Kharkiv front the advance is
from 2 1/2 to 4 miles. In the Northern
Ukraine the advance is 10 miles and 150
villages were captured. The railway line
cut is the most important one of all
Russian railways from the Baltic
through Gomel to the South. The cut is 7
miles wide and near Bakhmach.
Since the 5th July the German losses in
killed and wounded are given at 1 1/2
million and 40000 prisoners.
From operations over Italy 4 of our
planes are missing. American
parachute troops are only 20 miles
from Lae and from the North East
Australian troops are moving forward
and closing in. Our bombers have
been attacking Japanese positions
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