29-9-1943. R. Wessel.
The Red Army has driven the Germans out
of nearly 1200 places of which 1000 on the
northern half of the front.
Especially in the North good progress has
been made.
In the northern sector swift progress is
being made and on the way to Vitebsk
our allies are 20 miles from Smolensk
and the same distance in the direction
of Orsha. From Roslavl they advanced 50
miles in 3 days.
The left wing of the forces at Mogilev has
linked up with the Gomel front.
Nearly all places on the Eastern bank of
the Dnjepr have been captured.
There are no Russian reports of efforts
to cross the Dnjepr.
The 8th Army has captured Foggia and the
extensive airfields there. The 5th Army is
also progressing. Around Wewak airfield
we have bombed airfields and destroyed 50
Japanese planes on the ground. Shipping
in the harbour was attacked at mast-
height. Some 20 enemy fighters came up to
intercept our forces and many of
these were shot down. In the fighting around
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