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8th Army. Our troops are meeting the
stiffest mortar and artillery fire in
Italy so far. One enemy plane has been
destroyed and one of ours is missing.
A communique from 10 Downing
Street reports that General Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson has assumed duty
in the Mediterranean zone from last
Saturday. The Americans who landed
on Saidor hold 11 miles of the coast
and the Australians are moving to
them. On New Britain the American
marines have reformed for the 2nd
time to make an attack on the Japanese
who suffered heavy losses. Allied losses
were 7 planes during the day and 10
Japanese planes were destroyed.
A big fall is recorded in the number
of death by influenza during the
last weeks of the old year amounting
to 464. A comment was given
on the war in the Atlantic.
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