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moreover these soldiers must refuse that
arms are falling in the hands of the Germans.
Italian aircraft should be flown to
Allied fields. In the Dodecanese the
Italians are to overtake the Germans
by force.
Stalino has not been a scene of quiet
evacuation. Violent battles during
the previous night and the day yesterday
took place. The Soviet advance amounts
to 12 1/2 miles one place not far from
Izyum has been taken. The advance from
Kharkiv to the SW and West is also developing
notwithstanding fierce counterattacks
The Russians are 50 miles from Tsjerinsof [?]
and 100 miles away from Kiev.
On the Smolensk front their position
has been improved. MacArthur's
communique says that the Australians
are less than 5 miles from Lae
and continuing to advance.
14 out of 20 Japanese planes trying
to raid Port Darwin were shot down.
During yesterday there has been intense
air activity over the Channel supported
by hundreds of fighters. 10 enemy planes
were destroyed. We lost 5.
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