15/9/1943. - 9.= am. dt.
The main Russian advances are on 3 fronts
between the Sea of Azov and the Donets river
where the advances vary from 4 to 15 1/2 miles.
The toughest opposition is being experienced
around Bryansk where resistance by the Germans
is fiercest of all 7 fronts. The Russians speak of
desperate resistance. The only railway line East of
the Dnjepr has been cut.
In the Nizjyn sector a place 4 miles away from
Nizjyn has been captured in the direction of
Kiev from which the Russians are now only
80 miles away. A German isolated pocket
still exists at Romny. S.W. of Kharkiv the
the Russians also attacked. Moreover they are
now 10 miles beyond Mariupol.
There is no fresh news during the night about
the Italian front neither about the bitter
fighting on the Salerno bridgehead.
The Germans said they had in storming
taken some Allied positions and driven
our forces to the beaches. They even speak
about another Dunkirk.
Correspondents have a sober view on the
matter. They say the German troops
opposing our forces are fanatical and
arrogant youths and very difficult as
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