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England last night. The enemy again used some of
their pilot less planes but appear to have sent
over normal types as well. Damage and casualties
have been reported. On the West coast of Italy 5th
Army troops have occupied Grosseto.
The last important town before Pisa.
Further inland 8th Army troops have taken a
place 10 miles north of Orvieto.
America heavy bombers from Italy yesterday
attacked 5 oil refineries in Austria and one in
Czechoslovakia. In the Karelian Isthmus the
Russians yesterday took more than 100 places.
In the Mariana Islands in the Central Pacific
bitter fighting is ranging in Saipan Island
but American forces have advanced all along
the line. In the South West Pacific Japanese
counterattacks on Biak Island have been
beaten back. In Northern Burma a force of
Chindits has attacked the Japanese base of
Mogaung on the Assam-Burma border. 14th
Army troops have advanced both in the Kohima
and Imphal sector.
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