15/12/1943. 6.=pm. Frederick Allen
In Italy the 8th Army made a little more progress.
Canadian, India and New Zealand troops
made progress along the Adriatic coast in
front of Ortona where they are meeting with
very heavy resistance. German losses are
heavy. 5 miles inland a village has
been captured. The Canadian and
British bridgeheads have joined and is now
5 miles wide.
From the 5th Army front only artillery
activity is reported. The Germans had more
planes in action on this front since the
landing at Salerno.
A variety of targets on the Western Side
as far as Civitavecchia was attacked
on the Adriatic side the weather was bad
and only activity over the battleground
took place. Our North West African
Air Forces made their heaviest attack
on Greece so far when more than 300
Liberators and Fortresses attacked
airfields. 4 enemy planes were shot
down. Our fighters were also over the
Yugoslav coast. From our raid on
Greece 2 planes are missing.
Middle East aircraft were also
active over Greece and the German
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