border and the Red Army troops are also 50 miles
short of the Lithuanian border. Wilna is 6 miles away
and it was heavily bombed last night. Advances are
also reported NW of Minsk and mopping up near
Bobruisk. The strongest German resistance is met
along the line Minsk - Baranavitsjy and the Russians
are only 25 miles from the latter town. Troop trains coming
from Brest-Litovsk were also attacked. From Finland
progress is also reported. The German News Agency has
now published a talk by Hitler wherein he said that Germany
will never surrender. There were also some flying bombs
today and last night. We made a heavy and concentrated
attack against the launching platforms in Northern
France. Mosquitoes also attacked a synthetic oil plant
in the Ruhr and mines were laid. 13 planes are missing.
In Italy were are 5 miles from Arezzo. Bad weather cut
down flying. 1200 flights were made, 12 destroyed and 5
lost. Targets in Yugoslavia and Albania were also
attacked. British submarines have sunk several
Japanese supply ships.
Admiral Mountbatten visited troops who freed the
Kohima-Imphal road and he drove to them in a
Jeep. The Americans on Saipan have kept up their
advance and captured the capital and pushed on
3 to 4 miles beyond it. In Russia a 20 mile advance
was reported during yesterday between Polotsk and
Minsk.
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