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built up. The 8th Army is continuing its rapid advance. Crotone has been captured. Very heavy fighting is reported from Salerno. Another battleship, the Giulio Cesare, 4 more destroyers, a small aircraft carrier and some more small craft have arrived at Malta. Saturday night and yesterday evening transports in Rome and Naples area were bombed. 8 enemy planes were destroyed and 2 of ours are missing. 4 planes were shot down over Salerno. Liberators from the Middle East have bombed two isles in the Dodecanese. The battleship Rome was sunk by the Germans. 5 battleships are now in Allied hands and one in German hands. Badoglio had Mussolini taken from one place of captivity to another. It is said that other fascist leaders were set free at the same time. The Russians are beyond ........[?] in the South.
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13/9/1943
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Giulio Cesare
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