24/0/1943. 9.= am. dt. Richard Wessel.
The Russians have again reported good progress.
on all fronts but especially towards Kiev,
the Dnjepr bend and Smolensk.
Two successes were important viz.
the capture of Poltava and a place between
Bryansk and Gomel. In all 900 places,
villages and hamlets were captured.
The Russians are now 17 miles due east
of Kiev, and good progress is made towards
Smolensk where the Russians are
15 miles from this base from the s. east,
15 miles due east and 20 miles northwest.
No news has been received from the
extreme Southern front. The Black Sea Fleet
has been sinking self propelled barges.
The 5th and the 8th Armies are progressing
and the Germans are preparing for the
loss of Naples. Allied pressure is increasing
and in the West of the front enemy
resistance is increasing. Since yesterday
morning a heavy artillery barrage is
being laid. The Germans are carrying
out widespread demolitions in
Naples especially in the harbour and
also factories all over the city are
being destroyed. Typhus and cholera
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