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Germany and went sea mining.
All returned without loss. The air offensive
seems to be kept up this morning and
many German radio stations were off the
air. Big guns on the Channel fired 100
round last night. The Germans replied.
In Russia the Red Army is 20 miles
beyond the Dnjestr and 40 places were
captured. The bridgehead on the West
bank of the Dnjestr stretched from
Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Saroky [?]. The one main
railway in Bessarabia has been cut
and the Russians are within 20 miles of
the important junction. German
counterattacks to halt the Russian
advance failed. On the Ukrainian side of
the Dnjestr North of Mohyliv the Germans
are retreating. The Russians are also
pressing on beyond Vinnytsja. On the middle
lower Bug Germans bridgeheads still
exist but Russian forces are within
5 and 10 miles of them. Finland's rejection
of the Russian armistice terms was followed
late last night by a communique from
Moscow. All Japanese bases in the Bismarck
Archipelago are now cut off. A Liberator on
night patrol found a Japanese convoy
of New Guinea.
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