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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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17/6/1944
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