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leads from Capua to Rome and on
either side of it and against the 5th
Army. Stiff enemy resistance
is encountered and counterattacks
take place by units of some 100
men. In the coastal sector of
the 5th Army front no change
important is reported.
On the 8th Army front the weather
is bad. Snow is still falling in the
higher mountains. Little advance
is made. 2 enemy planes were
shot down over the mouth of the
Volturno. Medium bombers
bombed the ports of Durazzo and
Split on the other side of the Adriatic
one of our destroyers in the Adriatic
set a motor ferry on fire.
News from Russia is about
the steady development of the
great bulge beyond Kiev.
Russians are now 50 miles to
west and northwest of Kiev, 40 miles
to southwest, 30 miles to east.
Heavy fighting takes also place west of
Smolensk and near Nevel. Russian bridgeheads
on the Crimea were further improved. Eden
made a statement in the House of Commons
on the Moscow conference.
General Smuts was also present.
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