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places and progress is slow.
Teano 12 miles North of Capua
is being threatened. Wednesday
night the American navy bombed
coastal batteries in the Gulf of
Gaeta 15 miles north of the German
lines so behind the enemy.
From the Adriatic coast stiff
fighting by the 8th Army is reported
where our troops are two miles
from the coast and the same
distance from San Salvo.
Landing grounds 60 miles
north of Rome were bombed,
two enemy planes were destroyed.
In September 450 people lost
their lives in road accidents.
Dockworkers and stevedores on
the Thames are on strike and
troops have taken over the work.
A few hundred men are out. They
want higher pay for what they
call dangerous work.
A Brazilian air mission is
touring airfields in this country
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