7.2-1944. Stuard Hibberd 1.= pm.
In Italy hard fighting continued in
and around Cassino.
American and British troop of
the 5th Army have repelled German
counterattacks against our
Anzio beachhead and we have taken
a number of prisoners. In their
attacks against the Americans
the Germans had some initial
success on Saturday night but
hard fighting restored the position as
it was before. We are now on 3 sides
of Cassino and the inland road to
Rome is under continual fire.
On the 8th Army front two mountain
villages some 20 miles inland
from the Adriatic coast were
captured. Our bombers and fighters
were active and 10 planes of the
enemy were destroyed whereas we
lost 13 planes.
New and fresh Russian successes
come from a new front N E of Krivoy
Rog and N E of Nikopol where the initial
Russian breakthrough has developed
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