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in Yugoslavia. 14 enemy planes were destroyed,
9 are missing from the 2600 flights made. Tito
reports more successes. In White Russian Minsk
will soon be threatened with outflanking.
Yesterday Senzk [?] was captured. Our Allies advance
westwards and northwards from Minsk. Borisow has
been taken and the Berezina crossed. Progress is also
made in outflanking Polotsk and the Red Army is
now 5 miles across the 1939 border. German counterattacks
were not successful and the Russian
air force bombed Minsk and Polotsk. Since the
offensive in Russia started 184000 Germans were killed
wounded of captured. Also 950 tanks, 5000 guns and
30000 lorries either destroyed of captured. A new attack
has been launched on the middle Pripet south of the present
front. Several miles were gained here. The Finns are being
pressed back still further north and northeast of
Wiborg and yesterday 40 places were captured.
The Finnish Government have now passed a law
making desertion liable to a death penalty. The
widespread strike in Copenhagen has now become
a general strike. 8 Danish patriot were killed
yesterday. Kalundborg radio stations closed down
yesterday. The Chinese made more progress around
Myitkyina. On Saipan American troops
captured high ground in the centre of the island.
Yap Island in the Carolines got another pounding
by Liberators.
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