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all kinds of weapons were used
including flamethrowers and
phosphor bombs. At times Canadians
and Germans were in one house
at a time the Germans on the first
floor and the Canadians below
who threw up hand grenades to the
Germans so that the whole house
collapsed. We also used anti-tank
guns to make breaches into the
ruins. The German counterattacks
against the British wing of
the 5th Army has died down.
Our bombers again attacked
railway targets in Italy north of
Rome and south of Florence. Our
light bombers were active in front
of the battle area and our fighters
also over Yugoslavia.
The Americans who landed at Cape
Gloucester in New Britain
pushed up to a mile from the
airfield there. The Japs are resisting
stiffly. Over Rabaul 8 enemy fighters
were shot down. In New Guinea the
Australians pushed 5 miles on in the
last 24 hours.
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