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Germans were driven from a ridge.
Bad weather curtailed flying. On Wednesday
2 of our destroyers fired 1000 rounds
into German batteries near Rimini.
Pietro Caruso has been sentenced to
death. Russian troops are within 20
miles of Hungary on a front of 50 miles
and 140 miles from Budapest.
German and Hungarian defenders
are retreating in disorder. The Hungarian
Prime Minister spoke in Parliament
yesterday afternoon. The German
position in the Balkans continues
to crumble. 3 places 50 miles south of
Belgrade have been liberated.
Planes from Italy bombed Salonika
harbour last night. The Russian military
authorities have taken the 3 former Bulgarian
regents including Prince Cyril into custody.
In the Baltic Russian troops are halfway
between Narva and Tallinn and less
than 50 miles from Tallinn. In Southern
Poland Dukl [?] has been captured. The
Americans have made the first attack on
the Japanese around Manilla. 15 planes
were lost and over 200 Japanese planes
destroyed, 11 ships were sunk and 2 to
6 ships damaged or destroyed. 2
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