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Army made some progress along the
Adriatic in the face of stiff opposition.
The 5th Army captured the village of
San Amino [?] 5 miles above Cassino.
The usual population of the latter
place is 7000 but our correspondent
doubts whether there will be 7000 now.
The is no news about our direct attack
on Cassino. Cassino people have fled into
holes and caves in the surrounding
mountains. The Monte Cassino is 1700
feet high. Cassino was a formidable
barrier on the way to Rome. In Russia
no longer German counterattacks east of
Vinnytsja [?] are reported. After 5 days these
attacks have come to a standstill. The Russians
are now threatening the railway 20 miles ahead
in this sector. The Russians are also within
15 miles from Rivne and in the area of
Novohrad-Volynskyi they are 30 miles across
the Polish 1939 border. In the South West
Pacific another Japanese convoy has
been smashed up. American Catalinas
spotted it at dusk and attacked it by
night sinking a 10000 tons freighter
and setting 20 supply ships of 6000 and
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