28/7/1943. 8. am Frank Philips
Swiss correspondents on the Italian frontier
are reporting to their papers that demonstrations
to celebrate the downfall of Mussolini
are taking place all over Italy.
Crowds are renaming streets and plains
after famous liberals and socialists.
Fascist emblems are being removed
and customs officials on the frontier are
removing them from their uniform
too.
Our bombers were over Germany last night.
Yesterday the benzol plant at Zeebrugge
was bombed without loss and also
airfields in Holland and Belgium.
9 enemy aircraft were destroyed and 2 of ours
are missing.
Yesterday the Russians advanced from
2 1/2 to 4 miles nearer Orel.
On the Leningrad front there is local fighting
near ... [?]. Active reconnaissance is
reported from the Donets Basin. Monday
18 tanks and 45 planes were destroyed.
In the SW Pacific 2 Japanese supply ships were
bombed and shot up. There is no further news
from Italy itself nor of the fighting in Sicily
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