12/1/1943. 1.= pm.
In Italy the 5th Army made hard fought
progress towards Cassino.
The advance of the British and American
troops of the 5th Army continues and
some more high ground was seized.
A considerable force of our bombers
attacked Piraeus, the harbour of Athens
and also yesterday night.
There is no further news about the raid by
the Americans on North West Germany
yesterday but it is reported that the bombers
were escorted by fighters including some
new American Mustangs of exceptional
performance especially at high
altitudes. From American side
the bomber fleet is described as a
great armada and violent air battles
took place which lasted for over 3 hours and
took all the way from coast to target and
back again when swarms of fighters were
encountered. On the Dalmatian coast
our fighter bombers attacked ships.
The enemy lost 11 machines in Italy and
7 of ours are missing. The Germans, as our
correspondent in Italy reports, seem
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