31/5/1944 1.= pm. J. Macleod
In Italy the Germans try hard to hold their
Rome line at all costs.
The fiercest fighting takes place on the last German
line covering Rome and which runs from
Valmontone to the Sea.
5th Army troops captured a place 3 miles N.E.
of Arce which is nearer to Rome. 8th Army
troops are advancing along the Liri river
and captured Ceccano. Arpino has also
been taken and San Gioni [?] is in our hands.
Our aircraft in Italy made 2400 flights
destroying 15 planes and losing 8 machines.
The attacks included aircraft factories and
airfields in the Wiener Neustadt area also 12 miles
south of Linz and railway yards at
Zagreb in Yugoslavia.
In Russia large scale summer fighting
has started north of Jassy in Romania
where the Germans opened the offensive
with a powerful artillery barrage.
They succeeded in driving a small wedge
into the Russian line but lost a great
number of tanks and 36 planes. The Germans
claim to have sent hundreds of bombers
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