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The Messerschmidt assembly factory at
Wiener Neustadt was attacked yesterday.
500 heavy bombers took part in the operation
yesterday. Zagreb, Split were also bombed and
2250 sorties were flown. In the land fighting
patrol clashes are reported.
The speed of the Red Army advance on the
Crimea is phenomenal. The whole Kertsj
Peninsula has been cleared of the enemy.
The Russian maritime army played
an important part and the Russian
troops are within a dozen miles of Feodosija
which was raided sharply by Russian
planes of the Black Sea fleet. 3000 prisoners were
taken and 2000 Germans killed. The Russian
are now only miles from Simferopol
after advancing from Dzhankoy along the
railway line. There is little hope for the enemy
in the Crimea to escape. The only nearest
port is Constanța but this was bombed by a
large force of heavy Russian bombers last
night. Tiraspol has been captured, The Dnjestr
crossed and nearly all places on the Eastern
side of this river are in Russian hands
whereas the Russians are also only a few
miles from Chişinǎu. In Romania the
Russians are advancing in the direction of
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