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out over the Jassy area. This morning the air offensive
is going on again and a number of German
radio stations are off the air.
Last night military installations on the
coast of France were bombed and also
Mosquitoes bombed Leverkusen which got a
very concentrated attack. Not one of our
planes is missing. The Tactical Air Force
of the Expeditionary Force bombed yesterday
9 railway bridges between Rouen and
Paris. 7 fighters are missing. Including
some 1200 escorting fighters the Americans
had some 2000 aircraft out yesterday.
20 machines were lost.
In the So. West Pacific the Americans
have won their first tank battle on the
island off New Guinea. The battle was
fought on level ground which changed
hands several times. 8 Japanese tanks
and 15 planes were destroyed.
A small scale landing was carried
out not far from Hollandia.
2 notes were given about mountainous
warfare in N. Italy and Burma viz.
in the Kohima positions.
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