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Russians is directed towards the
southwest of Kiev and the advance amounts to
to 20 miles, whereas the Russians are
17 (?) miles from Berdychiv.
The speed and strength of the Russian
advance is a feature. The Germans
themselves report strong Russian
pressure in the Zhytomyr battle area.
In the Vitebsk a spirited
action was fought which led to the
cutting of the railway running
to the Baltic and the South.
The Germans report bitter fighting.
German attacks North of
Kirovohrad were repelled by the
Red Army. United States' naval
losses in the landing at Cape
Gloucester in New Britain, the
second one on this island amounts
to one destroyer and one landing
vessel. A bridgehead has been
formed. Three Japanese attacks
on the other bridgehead on the
island were repelled. On the occasion
of an award of the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation medal General
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