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beachhead. On the 8th Army front weak
German tank attacks was broken up
by our artillery. Our planes flew 1100
sorties yesterday against some 70 by
the Germans. A railway station south
of Florence was bombed and also
troop concentrations and railways
round Rome. Our medium bombers
attacked ports on the West coast.
We destroyed 9 planes whereas one of ours
is missing. The number of enemy
planes destroyed on Monday has risen
to 24. Photographs show that Monte
Cassino monastery has been completely
destroyed in the attacks by our bombers
yesterday. The attack lasted 35 minutes
20 enemy planes were encountered
and the flak was weak. This morning
5th Army artillery bombed the
remains of the monastery. A recorded
report on the destruction of the Cassino
Abbey was given by an Abbey [?]. In the House
of Commons the Prime Minister gave the
number of British casualties since we
landed on the Italian mainland up to the
.. of Febry viz. 7635 killed, 23283 wounded
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