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News about the Northern fronts in Russia
comes from the Germans who say
they have had to evacuate Novgorod
north of Lake Ilmen. They say they did
to straighten their line. 80 towns and
villages were captured on this front
where the Russians made a breach of 40
miles in the German defenses. The loss
of Novgorod is a very severe one for the
Germans. It is in Novgorod that some 1000 years
ago the foundation for the Russian
state were laid. It was since August
1941 in German hands.
A late piece of news is coming in which
says that Marshal Stalin issued a
special order of the day announcing
the storming and capture of Novgorod.
Our Coastal batteries in the Channel
sank an enemy supply ship off
Cape Gris-Nez. German guns replied
where up on ours fired some 80 rounds.
General Eisenhower and Mallory
have been interviewed by the King
one of his officers gave an appreciation
of Air Marshall Tedder.
From the 1 st February onward the
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