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of Orvieto. The South Africans are meeting
stiff opposition. We are across the Saline river
and naval units are working hard to get
Civitavecchia in order again. Oil refineries in
Hungary and Yugoslavia were also attacked.
This morning strong forces from Italy went to
Germany to bomb the Munich area. On the
Karelian Isthmus the Russians are 40 miles from
Vyborg and they have captured Rovola [?] and
.........[?]. In Central Burma our troops
are pushing southwest from Kohima. The
threat to the Assam railway has now been
removed. 2 more strongholds on the outskirts
of Myitkyina were taken. The exchange rate of
French francs is 200 francs to the £. Letters to
troops in France should be addressed as
before. Mashed potato flour will be sent to
Normandy as soon as cooking facilities
are available. Supplies of Cornish new
potatoes are arriving in London and other
districts. There are sufficient old potatoes
left but there may be a shortage locally
due to transport difficulties.
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