5/11/1943. 6.= pm. Robert Robinson.
The 5th Army is pressing beyond Isernia
which was taken by the Canadians
yesterday.
The 8th Army is meeting stiff resistance
near the Adriatic. Both armies had
a successful day yesterday.
Especially the 5th Army had a good day
with the Germans withdrawing to their
next river line. Some of our troops
have reached the Southern banks of the
river. 8th Army troops are across the
Trigno river and San Salvo has
been lost by the Germans.
In the air our offensive continues
day and night. Railway systems and
marshalling yards north of Rome,
at Terni and Orte were bombed.
5 enemy planes were destroyed and
we lost one. The Russian spearhead
has gone right to the mouth of the
Dnjepr. The Germans have now
probably only one bridgehead on the
Russian side of the Dnjepr at Nikopol.
Fighting is also taking place near Kiev
and north of it. A special meeting
held by the French National Committee
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