LATEST WAR NEWS
The following is a summary of the an war mews;— THE AIR OFFENSIVE The R.A.F. resumed attacking slitary targets in northern Franco yo:ter;lay. Medium boinbp, Mosquitoes ami lighter’s were nguged in the attacks and four 'tliters were lost . American heavy bombers were at in daylight over north-west wmany but details of these x'aids hve not yet been received. BATTLE FOR ORTONA Fierce tank battles are still in the streets of the Adria- * Port of Ortona. into which, an ‘tflifr message stated, Canadians kd smashed. Tliis is described a one of the most important sec- * of the whole of the German 'inter defence system and it. is Hlit that the Germans are un- % to be able to hold on to it *long, i Bio Fifth Amy in Italy lias, it reported, made some progress f has succeeded in wresting H important heights from the rf fiiiaiis. Mor E RUSSIAN SUCCESSES' ,Bic latest Moscow communique news' of more successes for Russian armies in the loffensive j, e noi *th. It, states that SO if* Places have been occupied in sector. * Jhe southern end of the defence line in White ,ll<? COmn uunque states that f°rces south-west of m have beaten off more Ger-counter-attacks. tow «. et: loroes have also imvt. 'cie position in the Korijj. J ea ot ' the Kiev bulge and off more German atAND CZECHSLOVAKIA tq, i 1 broadcast to his country 1,1 Moscow, the President Aq ,J lloslo vakia, Dr Benes, said itulj P Uew treaty with Russia ***«% strengthen the \ between the two county e .. a ' so mentioned the posVn 0 ,° v the treaty a Hd «, e | one ’ between Russia, a ]MlCzechoslovakia.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13335, 23 December 1943, Page 5
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