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whereas the 5th Army is advancing
northward the 8th Army is doing so
westward.
All day yesterday German tanks and
infantry forces made as many as
8 counterattacks on Dnjepr bridgeheads.
In White Russia the advance on Gomel
has begun again and the Russians are
now 10 miles south and 13 miles east
from Gomel. Also 26 miles from
Orsha and about the same distance
from Vitebsk. In this sector 140 towns
and villages fell to the Russians.
Whereas the advance amounted to
7 1/2 miles. Beyond Nevel the Russians
are also advancing but more slowly.
40 towns and villages were captured
in this area. Large German stores
have fallen in Russian hands.
Details have been issued about a
new 17 pounder anti tank gun.
Kolombangara in the Solomons
has been captured an evacuation
barges bombed
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