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Our planes made 4000 sorties yesterday
attacking mainly communications,
131 railway engines, 582 trucks plus a number
of motor vehicles were either destroyed or
damaged.
There have been more flying bombs last night
and this morning but many did not
reach our coast. In Russia Soviet troops
on the Northern side of the Memel Valley
are closest to East Prussia. Red Army
troops are from 60 to 70 miles from
Tilsit and Libau (Memel). It is heavy
going for the Russians in all sectors
but positions taken are firmly in
Russian hands. The isolated Baltic forces
are retreating with heavy losses. The Russian
wedge beyond the Vistula has been widened.
Midway between the German Frontier and
Krakow American planes from Russia
attacked synthetic oil targets yesterday.
22 of our planes from Italy are missing.
In Burma our troops have not yet made
contact with the retreating Japanese.
Americans on Guam have made still more
progress. General Alexander has appealed
for more books and magazines. 1 announcement
from G.P.O.
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