27/10/1943 6.= pm. Fred Grisewood
The Allied advance in Italy meets
with less German opposition..
In the mountainous country
however the going is bad.
The Germans are still withdrawing
to a Northern line.
Progress is slow and weather is
bad so that also our heavy
bombers had to remain grounded.
Our light bombers flew to Greece
and no plane was lost.
The Russians are within a mile
or 20 from Krivoy Rog which is a
vital railway connection for the
Germans who are fighting very
hard. The Germans are withdrawing
from Dnipropetrovsk and they are
having a bad time being pushed
back some 10 miles over a 40
mile front. Land fighting around
Finschhafen has renewed with the
Japanese counterattacking.
Akyab in Burma has again
been bombed as well as Rangoon
area. Lord and Lady Linlithgow and
their three daughters arrived in this
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