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by skilled Italian engineers.
The Red Army has occupied 300 more
place of which 50 are named.
The most striking advance has been
in the South after clearing the Donets.
The Russians have crossed the
Kalmioes river and are less than
30 miles from Mariupol.
45 miles beyond Stalino a place has
been taken. 11 troop trains, 18
engines etc were destroyed.
To SW. Kharkiv improvements in
Russian positions have been made.
The capture of Bakhmach was announced
in an order of the day from Marshal Stalin.
On the Bryansk front the advance
amounted to 7 miles.
Ljudinovo 40 miles due north of
Bryansk was also captured.
The day before yesterday 27 tanks and 30
planes were destroyed on the whole of
the Russian front.
Yesterday has been a record day for our
fighters and bombers. Fighters made over
1500 sorties and the bombers over 1000.
Aircraft factory at Paris, Boulogne, St
Homer, and airfields were bombed.
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