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and Salonika. One plane was shot
down and 2 of ours are missing.
Today is the 1 st anniversary
of the capture of Stalingrad from
which place the Russians are now
700 miles to the West in White
Russia and the Northern
Ukraine. An important railway
junction 25 miles West of
Gomel has been captured whereas
the Russian occupation of
Korosten deprives the Germans
of a handy line to switch their
troops from the South to the
North. The Pripet Marshes are
as large as Belgium. South of Kiev
the Germans yesterday launched
12 counterattacks.
Mr. Casey our minister in the
Middle East is reported to have
arrived at Beirut today.
Today the 1st communique
was issued from Lord Louis
Mountbatten's headquarters in
India and it speaks about fine
air activity in which we lost one plane
only. In the South West Pacific
our bombers have been attacking
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