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Italy. Rome an-nounces that Ger-man Foreign Min-ister, Joachim vonRibbentrop, hasbeen in Rome con-ferring with Mus-solini, the Axisanswer to theCasablanca Con-ference.

Chile - U.S.:',end-lease agree-nent signed be-ween Chile andJ.S.Argentina: Decreo

ssued authorizingnanufacture of waimaterials for Brit-in who is to pro-ide the raw ma-erials; these noto be included inomputing exportiuotas.

LATIN AMERICA]THEATERS

West Atlantic: Co:voy north-boundfrom Bahia attackecby Axis U-boatsand SS Fitz JohnPorter (U.S. cargoship, 7,176 tons)torp. and sunk at12-20 S, 36-50 W.

South Atlantic: SSIffonso PennaBrazilian cargoship, 3,540 tons)orp. and sunk at.6-17 S, 36-03 W.

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Germnany: About300 RAF planessuccessfully bombBerlin at night,starting fires vis-ible for 200 mi.;greatest fighter re-action to date en-countered; 17 Brit-ish planes missing:1 FW-190 and 1 JU-88 destroyed.

North Atlantic: SSMeriwether Lewis(U.S. cargo ship,7,176 tons) sunk bySS at 62-10 N, 28-25 W.

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Russia: Germansreport repulse ofSoviet attacks onKuban fronts; Rus-sians report ad-vances W of Rostoawhere enemy isstill on the defensivBerlin announcesgains in Izyum sec-tor and claims thatRed Army forces aipushed back acros:the Donets. Rus-sians claim repulseof enemy counterattacks SW of Voro-shilovgrad; enemyreports repulse ofSoviet thrusts W ofKharkov. Moscowannounces that, afew days ago, an offensive on the NWfront was begununder the commancof Marshal Timo-shenko and thatDemyansk,Lichkovsand Zaluchie havebeen captured.Soviet attacksagainst enemysalient S of LakeLadoga are againrepulsed. Axis air-craft raid Murmansharbor, damaging 2Allied merchantships.

Russia: Russians*eport gains in Kubalarea but Germansclaim their counter-ittacks smashedSoviet advances. Wof Rostov, Red Ar-ny is fightingagainst stiff enemyresistance. Thawsand mud are hamp-ering operationsbut Germans claimadvances in Izyumsector. Russiansreport repulse ofNazi counterattacksSW of Voroshilov-grad and W of Kurskand claim gains Wof Kursk. Germansassert Soviet at-empts to breakhrough their de-enses N of Orel

Southern Europe

Italy: Nine B-24':bomb Naples, scoring hits on moleand adjoining quayslocalities in Catan-zaro and Cosenzaalso attacked; 1ME-109 shot down.

Sicily: Palermodocks and shippingbombed by 18 B-17's which scorehits on docks,warehouses andtown area; 1 largeand several smallmerchant vesselsdamaged. Enemyplanes oppose at-tack; 5 destroyed,1 probably, and 1damaged. Secondraid on Palermo2arried out by 20B-17's with escortOf P-38's; 403,000-lb. bombsiropped, damagingirydock and ship-)uilding areas; 1arge explosion ob-served. Of enemyaircraft which in-:ercept, 3 areiestroyed, 1 prob-ibly, and 2 damag-ed.

Lampedusa I.:Airdrome bombed>y 4 Malta-basedipitfires whichscore many hits inarget area.

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-Tunisia: Germans continue to presstheir drive in Beja area but are forcedto withdraw N in Beja-Mateur Valleyand E of Medjes el Bab-El Aroussaroad. In drive on Sedjenane, enemyEorces reach Tennel. Armored rcnreports Sbeitla clear of Axis, and.pushes 3 mi. E of this point. Patrolsto S reach Oued el Kebir without en-countering enemy. Along the Algerianborder, French forces occupy Bir elAter and customs house at Tamerza.Medenine landing ground shelled byenemy.

Bizerta successfully bombed by 18Wellingtons night of Feb.28/Mar 1;oursts observed in town, docks,passenger and goods stations. Spitfiresand Hurricanes successfully attackenemy troops, transport, and tanks inMateur- Beja area. Twenty-four Spit-fires and 12 B-25's bomb RR and roadjunction E of Mateur.

La Hencha RR bridge destroyed inattack by 15 B-26's with escort of 17P-38's which encounter enemy planes,destroying 10 and damaging 4. AAgun positions silenced but 2 of ourbombers shot down.

Algeria: Early morning enemy raidon Bone damages British DD and MTBTwo groups of E-boats approach Bonearea; 1 group driven off by shoreDatteries and the other by MTB's.

Tunisia: Enemy pressure inSedjenane area continues; minor Axisattack at Sidi Nsir repulsed. Area15 mi. E of Sbeitla reported clear ofenemy. Patrols of 1st armoreddivision reach Sidi Bou Zid and contacenemy in area.

Twenty B-17's bomb docks andshipping in Tunis harbor; hits scoredon quays and on industrial and ware-house districts of city. La Gouletteharbor attacked by 18 B-17's escortedby 20 P-38's which damage powerhouse, shipyard, and drydocksections;enemy planes intercept; 2 ME-109'sand 1 FW-190 destroyed. Force of17 B-25's escorted by 24 Spitfiressuccessfully attacks Mateur; 3 ME-109's probably destroyed; 1 Spitfiredamaged. Hits scored on road andrail junction WNW of Mateur by 18B-25's and 23 Spitfires. Anotherflight, 14 Spitfires and 9 Hurricanesscores near misses on tanks andtransport near Sidi Nsir; 3 Spitfires

Burma: During 46P-40 sorties overhe Hukawng Valley,considerable damages inflicted on)ridges, buildings,and trucks. Eight3-25's, attackingrhazi RR Junction,score at least 5lirect hits on mainracks leading Nrom Thazi. RAFoperations limitedo patrolling inkkyab area and RRsweep in vicinity ofKatha.Twenty enemy

'ighters are overVMayu battle area.

China: P-40'sstrafe motor poolat Hwanglike, S ofFengyueh, destroy-ing or damaging;rucks and buildingsand inflictingcasualties.

Burma: TwelveB-25's escorted by5 P-40's damageoarracks and in-stallations atMyitkyina with dire(hits. Two P-40'sbomb and strafeWehsi, starting 2Eires, and 2 morestrafe 4 trucks neaiNzopzup. RAFbombing in Sagaingarea hampered byweather.

Three enemyplanes bomb MayuPeninsula.

Force of 6 B-25'sescorted by 5 P-40'

Solomon Is.: B-24's and TBF's,lispatched to raid shipping in Buinarea, fail to locate target and attackalternate targets, Ballale and Kahiliairdromes in the Shortland I. area.JForce of 17 SBD's escorted by 9 F4F's

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;onsisting of 14 ships sighted 40 mi. NV)f Ubili, shadowed throughout the day,Ind attacked at night by rcn B-24.New Britain: Force of B-17's fails toocate convoy, but 2 of the planes bombGasmata airdrome, scoring 4 hits onunway.New Guinea: Allied ground patrol

lestroys 4 barges at mouth of Waria R.Three A-20's bomb and strafe3uadagasel Saddle and Mubo-Komiatumrack.N.E.I.: Rcn B-24 attacks enemy

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Solomon Is.: Hudson patrol bomberirops bombs on Munda.Bismarck Sea: Enemy convoy,

proceeding westward to Lae along Ncoast of New Britain, is attacked NWof C. Gloucester by total of 34 B-17's,2 B-24's, and 16 P-38's; 3 AK's sunk,1 DD and 3 AK's damaged, and a10,000-ton AP left in sinking condition;6 protecting enemy fighters destroyedand 9 more probably destroyed; noAllied planes lost. Convoy is increasecby additional units in afternoon and 15ships pass through Vitiaz Strait duringnight, shadowed by Allied planes.

New Britian: B-24 on rcn scoresdirect hit on small AK, probablyammunition ship, in Wide Bay, sinkingit. Gasmata airdrome bombed at nightbv 2 B-17's.Ir.r fTovna h fails tn

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U.S.: State De-partment announ-ces that Germanand Italian diplo-mats captured inAlgiers are interned until Germanyagrees to surren-der U.S. represen-tatives to Vichy.

India: MohandasK. Gandhi ends his21-day fast.

LATIN .AMERICAlTHEATERS

Aleutian Is.: FouwP-40's, each carrying 1 300-lb. bomband light fragmen-tation bombs, attacmain camp area atKiska; clouds pre-vent observation ofresults.

North Atlantic;SS City of Pretoria(British cargo ship8,049 tons) presumed sunk by SS at 4145 N, 42-30 W.

South Atlantic: SEStaghound (U.S.cargo ship, 8,591tons) torn. and suniat 16-45S, 36-33 W.

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Western Europe

Germany: Ham-burg heavily bomb-ed at night by about400 planes, includ-ing RAF, 82 RCAF,23RAAF, and 8 NewZealand planes;enemy reaction re-ported increased;10 Allied planesmissing from raid;1 JUJ-88 destroyedin course of severacombats.

England: Enemyraids London areatwice, using totalof 65 planes; slightdamage and casual-ties result; 3 enemyplanes destroyedand another damag-ed.

Germany-Holland:Sixteen B-17's at-ack RR center atlamm with excel-ent results; no op-oqsition encountered

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(Cont'd)and S of Lake Ilmeifailed. Moscow an-nounces sinking of8,000-ton enemytransport and 800-ton patrol ship inBarents Sea.

Russia: Soviet at-:acks in Kuban areaand on Mius front.ail to gain. Ger-mans report reach-ng middle DonetsRon a broad front.Russians report progress W of Kharkovalthough enemy re-ports indicate that:hey are changing;o the offensive in:his area. Sovietpressure W ofKursk and againstDrel continues asRed Army troopscapture RR junctionof Lgov and town ofDmitriev-Lgovsky.Russian offensiveon central frontnakes substantialgains as Sovietscapture Rzhev, Nanchor of enemyine on this front.Berlin reports)ombing of estab-ishments of Mur-nansk RR.

Russia: Enemy isstill on defensivein Kuban area buts counterattackingstrongly W of Ros-ov where rain and

Southern Europe

Sicily: Seven B-24's bomb Mes-sina; RR bridge atBianco and bridgeat Siderne Marinahit.

Mediterranean:RAF planes attackconvoy N of Paler-mo; 7,000-ton en-emy ship set onfire.

Italy: Naples at-tacked by 6 B-24'swhich start firesin harbor area;twenty-three fight-er planes acting as

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Tunisia: Enemy continues attack inSedjenane area, but is still withdraw-ing to positions E of Medjes el Bab-Bou Arada road. Patrols active inMedjes el Bab sector, and around BouArada. Sidi Bou Zid occupied byAmerican patrols which pushed E fromSbeitla. Air rcn in afternoon showsenemy MT moving S from Gabes;oward Matmata and Rommel's forcesaround Mareth Line launch thrustagainst British positions in Arramregion, forcing withdrawal of carrierscreen to next ridge.

Mateur attacked by 7 B-25's escorted)y 23 Spitfires; enemy aircraft en-countered: 1 Spitfire missing. Seven-teen B-25 s with escort of 22 Spitfires)omb Medjes el Bab station, scoringaits on N side of RR line; 2 Spitfireslost. Force of 19 B-17's escorted by24 P-38's attack El Aouina airdromeit Tunis; bursts observed in targetarea. Of 12 ME-109's which attemptinterception. 1 is destroyed and 2iamaged. Twenty Spitfires sweepBizerta area and attack Mateur road.Landing ground NW of Gabes heavily)ombed in two attacks; one group, 20B-17's escorted by 25 P-38's, scoresnany hits; second force, 18 B-25's,also unloads its bombs in target area.Flight of 10 B-26's escorted by 20P-38's attacks an Axis landing groundand scores hits among dispersedaircraft; heavy AA fire encounteredand 1 P-38 shot down. During night,HIalifaxes and Wellingtons attack roadtransport in Matmata area.

South Atlantic: North-bound Alliedzonvoy attacked off Durban; followingships sunk at approximately 31-50 S,30-40 E: SS Harvey W. Scott (U.S.2argo ship, 7,176 tons), SS EmpireMahseer (British cargo ship, 5,087tons), SS Marietta E (British cargoship, 7,628 tons), SS Nirpura (British2argo ship, 5,961 tons).

Tunisia: Axis forces continue strongpressure in Sedjenane area and heavystreet fighting takes place in Sedjenan.During night, British troops establish !new positions around Tamera. Three icnpipanies of enemy infantry and 15

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Burma: Enemyinstallations inRangoon area sub-jected to 3 attacks:(1) 5 B-24's bombAhlone docks,scoring hit and 8

docks, 2 on ware-houses, and 3 on RRyard adjoiningwarehouses; (2) 6B-24's attackMahlwagon round-house, scoring 4direct hits whichresult in large ex-plosion and heavysmoke near round-house, as well as35 hits in targetarea; (3) 9 B-24'sbomb Pazundaung RIbridge, scoring hitson N and S approach.as and near misseson S span. Totalof 4 enemy planesintercept the raids,3 of which areiamaged and a 3dbelieved hit.RR yards at Maymyc

)omboe oy B-zso s,;hich score hit onshed and hits andiear misses on yards{AF bombs PinlebuIn Chindwin area.British small

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Australia: Fifty-secind raid onDarwin is carried out by 15 Zeros;landing strip and camp area strafedand 1 plane destroyed and anotherdamaged. Intercepting Allied planesdestroy 3 Zeros and probably destroy3 more.

Solomon Is.: Ten PB4Y's depart tobomb shipping at Buin, but fail tolocate ships due to poor visibility;part of the force bombs Ballale, Kahili,and Vila in the NW Solomons. TenSBD's escorted, by 16 fighters raidMunda, starting 1 fire.

iwo Japanese planes oomo ourpositions on Guadalcanal at night,without causing damage or casualties.

Bismarck Sea: Japanese convoy,which proceeds to Huon Gulf, isattacked repeatedly by force of B-17's,B-25's, RAAF Beaufighters, A-20's,P-38's, 1-RAAF Catalina, and 1 B-24.As a result of attacks.on March 2 and3, at least 18 warships and AK's aresunk and others badly damaged andsinking; 46 enemy planes destroyed and25 probably destroyed for loss of 1B-17 and 3 P-38's; enemy troop lossesestimated at 15,000.

New Guinea: Enemy installations atLae attacked 3 times by total of 3RAAF A-20's and 29 P-40's; barge sun]off shore, but other results unobserved6 of 16 intercepting Zeros destroyedand 3 others probably destroyed.

Aroe Is.: Six RAAF Hudsons bomband strafe Dobo, starting fires.

Kei Is.: Nine Dutch B-25's attack-ing Toeal start large fire, probably onfuel dump.

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(Cont'd)to or over target,but 29 enemy fight-ers engaged on re-turn trip; 13 enemyplanes shot down,3 probably destroyed, and 4 damagedfor loss of 4 B-17's.

Shipbuilding yardat Rotterdam suc-cessfully bombed t28 B-17 s; bombswell concentratedand many hitsscored; attack op-posed by some AAfire and a few ene-my fighters; 3 ene-my planes destroyedand 3 damaged forloss of 1 B-17.

Thirteen B-24'smake diversionaryflight over NWcoast of Germanyand Holland.

France: Le Mansand Valenciennessuccessfully at-tacked by 12 Mos-quitos.

Germany: More-han 400 RAF plane:raid Essen at night,iropping 987 tons)f bombs, including3,000, 4,000, andi,000-lb. bombs;nany very largeires and severalexplosions result;aonflagrationreas over an ex-

ensiye\area, withImoke rising to.5,000'; 'intense AAire and search-.ghts encountered;L4 RAF bombersaissing.North Sea: RAFghters destroy 2E-boats and prob-bly 2 others offutch coast.

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(Cont'd)mud have becomeso extensive thatlarge-scale opera-tions must almostcease. Enemy continues his offensivealong middle Donetfront and recaptureSlavyansk, recovering much of thestandard gauge RRto Voroshilovgrad.Red Army troopsadvance in Kurskregion and captureSuja to the SW andSievsk to the NW.Striking out fromRzhev, Soviets cap-ture Olenino andChertolino, clearirthe Moscow-Rzhev-Velikye Luki RR of:he enemy.

Russia: Germanseport smashing aoviet attempt toutflank them in Ku-an bridgehead. Wf Rostov only artil.ery exchanges re-orted. Nazis, pushag toward Donets,apture Lisichansk,nd report that the'hird Soviet Army,ncircled S of Khar-ov, is about to beiped out. Russianm

Laim gains inLevsk area, W ofgov, and S and W oizhev. Germans re-ort repulse ofoviet attacks be-ween Gzhatsk andake Ilmen, and onther side of Star-ya Russa.

Southern Europe

(Cont'd)top cover destroy1 ME-109 and danage 2; 1 B-24 shotdown.

Mediterranean:Convoy bound forlalta attacked atusk by 12 JU-88's;tanker slightlyamaged; attackroken up and 1nemy plane de-troyed by gunfire.

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Fifteen B-17's with escort of 24P-38's, on anti-shipping sweep NW ofBizerta, attack convoy of 6 ships; 4reported sunk and 2 damaged. Enemyplanes encountered over target; 1probably destroyed, 2 damaged. Convoyalso bombed by 9 B-26's escorted by18 P-38's which, with 15 B-25'sescorted by 20 P-38's, are on anti-shipping mission between Tunis andSicily. Djedeida attacked by 12 B-25'sand 24 Spitfires which score hits onlanding ground and dispersal area;heavy AA fire damages 1 Spitfire.Seventy-four Spitfire and 9 Hurricanesorties are carried out over Mateur -Beja - Medjes el Bab area; bombsdropped on MT and fires started;Spitfires attack 15-20 JU-87'sescorted by 10 ME- 109's inEedjenaneDe Jefna sector; 2 enemy planesdestroyed, 1 probably, and 4 damaged.Spitfires damage 4 of 6 ME-109'sencountered over Beja. In S,Kittybombers escorted by Spitfiresbomb road transport and tanks inToujane - Hallouf area; 2 ME-109'sand 1 of our bombers lost.

Tunisia: Enemy makes a small un-successful attack about 5 mi. NW ofMunchar. In central sector, Pichonis occupied by Allied forces, althoughAxis continues to hold hills N and Sof Pichon and N slopes of DjebelTrozza. Troops advancing from SidiBou Zid reach point halfway to Gafsawithout encountering enemy. Patrolsof 34th Division advance to Oued Kerdbut, meeting enemy fire from KefMazir, withdraw slightly. Increasedenemy activity observed in area N ofHaddada; small enemy working partiesdispersed. Enemy reported withdrawfrom Nefta area.

Bomber operations cancelled becausof weather. Heavy rcn sorties carriedout over Faid - Pichon, Jefna -Sedjenane - Medjes el Bab areas.

East Atlantic: SS Melchura (Spanishcargo ship, 125 tons) sunk by mine at:33-43 N, 07-24 W.

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Burma: Tingpai(20 mi. SSW ofSumprabum) reportad occupied by enemdate of occupationunspecified.

During engage-ments between RAIand enemy fightersin Akyab area, 7enemy planes aredestroyed, 5probaband 2 damaged; 1Hurricane is lost.Rail and water shipping in Monywa-Mogaung areaattacked by RAFplanes during day,and Thazi Juhctionbombed at night.r,

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are sunk and lifeboats and personneldestroyed during attacks by B-17'snd B-25's. Four of 20 enemy fightersntercepting a B-17 are destroyed..he B-25's also attack Tami I., off C.;retin, starting large fire, and strafearges near the island.Lae airdrome bombed by rcn B-24;ater, attacks on Lae and Malahang byotal of 12 A-20's and 11 RAAF Beau-ighters, covered by 12 P-38's and 8P-40's, result in destruction of 6 plane,on ground at Malahang and possibleestruction of 3 more at Lae; buildingnd petrol wagon at Malahang set onire. Fighters attack 20-27 enemyighters; 6 enemy planes shot down, 2robably destroyed, 7 damaged. Enemy-iccupied village near mouth of Waria R.ombed and strafed by 5 RAAF A-20's.New Britain: Three B-17's on rcn.omb Ubili.Tanimbar Is.: Matkus I. and

Saumlakki attacked by 3 RAAF Hudsons;.arge fire results from direct hit onil tank at Saumlakki.

Solomon Is.: Nine PB4Y's make pre-dawn raid on Ballale I. and Kahili,starting large fires at the latter.During morning, Munda is attacked byHudson on rcn and by force of 10 TBF'escorted by 15 F4F's. At night, U.S.naval task force successfullybombardsVila and Munda and sinks 2 large enemDD's in Kula Gulf.

Japanese planes raid Tulagi duringnight; our losses are 2 killed and 11wounded.

New Guinea: Ten RAAF Beaufightersin 2 attacks, strafe loaded barges andlifeboats in Huon Gulf, destroying 9barges and inflicting heavy casualties.Allied PT boats destroy 3 more bargescontaining 200 men, in same area.

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France: Sixty-three B-17's attackpower station forLorient submarinebase; many hitsscored in targetLrea and nearby RRbridge partially de-stroyed; AA firemd a few fightersencountered; 3 B-L7's lost.Fifteen B-24's

supported by RAF3pitfires make di-rersionary raid on3rest with fair re-;ults; intense, accu-rate AA fire and en-emy planes opposettack; 2 Spitfires.ost.During both attackenemy planes are

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Russia: .Enemyin Kuban area stillEighting defensivelyagainst outflankingby Soviet forces;latter claim localsuccess W of Ros-tov. Germans re-port mopping upoperations S ofKharkov. Russians:laim gains W ofKursk where enemys counterattackingyith tanks. Farthe:N, the importantNazi stronghold ofxzhatsk is capturedGermans again an-lounce heavy Sovietattacks at Starayalussa but claimtiey are repelled.

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Tunisia: Germans continue attack inN and establish positions near SidiAsker; one patrol pushes to point SEof Tamera where British have estab-lished new positions after withdrawingfrom Sedjenane. Little except patrolactivity reported S of Medjes el Bab;Axis forces apparently withdrawn E ofGoubellat - Bou Arada road. In Pichonarea, Allied troops retire to El Alapositions; area W of Djebel Seagdaland Djebel Sidi Kralif reported clearof enemy. In the south, Rommel'stroops launch attack from directionof Hallouf and Toujane against Britishpositions on high ground W ofMedenine. Axis makes 2 main thrusts:one just before dawn and the other inthe afternoon by panzer divisions withartillery and air support. Heavyfighting ensues but attacks repulsedand 30 enemy tanks destroyed.

In N, Spitfires carry' out continuousoffensive sweeps on Sedjenane - Bejaareas; Hurricanes escorted by Spit-~ires attack Axis MT NE of Medjes elBab, scoring hits on farms and trans-port. Four Spitfires in Beja sectorattack 5 ME-109's and 5 FW-190's; 1FW-190 destroyed; 1 Spitfire damaged.Nefatia landing ground attacked by 29ME-210's. In S region, considerablenumbers of enemy aircraft, ME-210's,FW-190's and JU-87's, attack ourforward troops and landing grounds;Spitfires offer interception, destroying| enemy planes.

East Atlantic: Axis SS's attack convoybound for North Africa; SS Fort BattleRiver (British cargo ship, 7,133 tons)torp. and sunk at 36-30 N, 10-17 W.

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Three B-24's bomrMoulmein docks;large fire starts intarget area whereall bombs hit.Myitnge bridge istarget for 6 B-24's,which score 30 hitsin target area nearS and N approaches.Four B-24's attack2 vessels in RangoorR.; straddle, nearmisses, and aprobable hit scoredon stern of 1 400'vessel and nearmisses on the other(300'). Two P-40'sbomb Indaw, start-ing 2 fires with 3direct h

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ineffectively raids Vivigani strip.New Britain: Gasmata airdrome

bombed and strafed by single B-17.Tanimbar Is.: One B-24 bombs

Saumlakki, damaging buildings.

Solomon Is.: Munda is target forbombing and strafing attack by 69Allied planes, which report that navalbombardment of 5th has left the runwayunserviceable. Kahili and Ballaleairfields bombed by 5 and 3 B-24's,respectively; fires result in dispersalareas at each place.First enemy raid on-Allied positions

in Russell Is. is carried out by about12 dive bombers and 25 Zeros; 2 firesresult. Four P-39's intercept, shootingdown 4 dive bombers and probablyanother.

New Guinea: Guadagasel Saddle areaoombed and strafed by 3 A-20's. FourRAAF Bostons bomb and strafe villageat mouth of Waria R.

Goodenough I.: Allied fighters shootiown enemy medium bomber off NEcoast. Later, Vivigani runway is in-effectively bombed by 9 enemy bombersand 15 Zeros. This is the first enemyraid pn Goodenough I.New Britain: AA positions at C.

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Aleutian Is.: Kiskis target for totalof 483 bombs drop-ped during 2 attackby Allied planes; 4P-40's bomb maincamp area with un-observed results;Later, 6 B-24's and10 B-25's heavilyoomb North Headdistrict, scoringnumerous hits intarget area; 1 B-2Sis slightly damagecby heavy AA fire.

One B-24 and 4 P38's bomb and strafenemy installationsat Chicagof HarborAttu; fighters alsostrafe Attu villagemd Holtz Bay.North Atlantic:

UAllied convoy suf-ers minor Axis SSLttack; SS EmpireLight (British tank-?r, 6,537 tons) torp.and sunk at 53-50J, 46-14 W.SS Baron Kinnaird

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North Atlantic:SS Jamaica (Nor-wegian cargo ship,3,015 tons) pre-sumed sunk by SSat 48-00 N, 23-40W.

Axis SS wolf packattacks east-boundconvoy about 300mi. SE of C. Fare-well; SS Egyptian(British cargo ship2,868 tons) torp.and sunk.

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Tunisia: Enemy positions establishedE of Sidi Asker, SW of Sedjenane, andin Oued Zarga sector. In S Tunisia,Moulares reported occupied by Italiangarrison. In Mareth Line sector,Axis forces which failed in attempt toenvelop British positions begin with-drawal: 21st Panzer moves towardZelten and the 10th Panzer Divisiontoward Gabes. Small attacks NW andW of Metameur and Medenine arerepulsed and enemy retreats from theplains toward Toujane and fromMedenine toward hills to W. New de-fense line reported from DjebelTebaga to Melab. French forcesoccupy Redeyef and patrols moving to-ward Tozeur reach Bir el Hanek andKriz.

Several large formations of enemyplanes operate against British forwardtroops. Spitfires attack forces retreat-ing along passes to Toujane and Hallouf,encountering MC-202's and ME-109'sof which 9 are destroyed, 6 probably,and 11 damaged. Shipping and marshalling yards at Sousse attacked by 18B-17's with escort of 19 P-38's whichdamage large ship in harbor, ware-houses, and buildings.

Mediterranean: Six B-25's with es-cort of P-38's attack enemy convoy of3 merchant ships and 5-7 navalescorts. Although enemy planes in-tercept, 1 small merchant vessel sunk,1 large one left sinking, and 2 shipsset on fire. Three enemy aircraftdestroyed, 2 probably, and 2 damaged.Second attack on convoy made by 19B-17's escorted by 20 P-38's whichscore hits on 3 ships; 1 blows up andsinks immediately and 2 are left

iurning. Four Axis fighters opposeattack; 1 destroyed, 1 probably, 1iamaged.

South Atlantic: SS Sabor (Britishargoship, 5, 212 tons) torp. and sunk

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China: Two P-40'soperate againstenemy MT inTengehung andLungling areas.

Burma: Attemptsto dislodge smallenemy parties whichhave infiltrated intoBritish positions Nof Rathedaung fail.During the night,enemy gains furtherground in foothillsNW of Rathedaung.

Twelve B-25'sbomb Gokteikviaduct, scoring 3hits at base ofbridge. Two P-40'sbomb and strafeenemy positionsnear KC8 warningstation at Hkalak-GaRAF continues activein Akyab area.

China Sea: SSKola(Russian cargo ship,4,994 tons) torp.and sunk S ofTsushima.

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Solomon Is.: Single PB4Y bombsenemy AK at Kieta, Bougainville I.Kahili, Ballale, and Vila bombed byPB4Y's during early morning. At

iight, B-24's make harassing raids onKahili, Vila, Rekata Bay, and Munda.

Single enemy plane drops 4 bombs onGuadalcanal at night; no damage results

New Guinea: Guadagasel Saddle areaDombed and strafed by 6 A-20's, andB-24 on rcn bombs airdrome at3alamaua. An 8,000-ton enemy AK inStephen Strait is attacked by B-24 on"cn; results unobserved.

Enemy floatplane drops 1 bomb onMerauke without causing damage.New Britain: Hits scored on runways

it Gasmata and C. Gloucester by rcn3-24.Kei Is.: Two attacks on Toeal area

;arried out by 3 RAAF Hudsons and 5Dutch B-25's, respectively; buildings,lit and fires started during 1st attack,)ut smoke prevents observation ofresults of 2d raid.

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Aleutian Is.: SixB-24's and 4 B-25sscorted by 12 P-8's attack Kiska,ropping 43 half-on bombs'in mainamp area; hits

Western Europe

France-Germany:Fifty-four B-17'sbomb marshallingyards at Rennes witgood results; manyires started. Asimultaneous attacl2n marshallingyards at Rouen iscarried out by 13B-24's. Spitfires)rovide escort forboth missions. Strorfighter oppositionmnd light AA fire encountered duringboth attacks; 4Allied bombers and2 fighters lost; en-emy casualties are28 destroyed, 4probably destroyed,8 damaged.

Sixteen Mosquitossuccessfully attack1R centers inFrance and Ger-many; 1 Mosquitomissing.Over 300 RAF

)lanes carry outieavy night raid onNuremburg, drop-ng 775 tons ofbombs; 1 large ex-plosion and manyscattered fires re-sult; AA fire mod-erate; 8 RAF planesnissing.North Atlantic:

Further SS attacksin Allied east-bouncconvoy result insinking of the followng ships at approx-mately 58 N, 31 W:S Vojvoda PutnikYugoslavian cargohip, 5,879 tons);S Guido (British!io ship, 3,921*stJ; SS Fort LamyBritish cargo ship,,242 tons).

France: Fifteenlosquitos, attacking,enault works S of,e Mans, scoreiany hits on factoryuildings; 4.Mos- 'uito missing.

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Russia: Artillerduels W of Rostovand strong Nazi attacks SW of Voro-shilovgrad report-ed. German forcefighting SW ofKharkov claim tohave carried attacinto region W of th1town. Soviets claimgains NW of Kurskand S of Olenino,although Germansreport repulse ofRussian assaults i:Orel region. RedArmy troops cap-ture Sychevka, N oVyazma, forcingNazis back towardthis town and Smo-lensk; they also report advances W o3Gahatsk. The heavfighting S of LakeImen continues asenemy successfullydefends his pos-itions againststrong Russian at-tacks.

Russia: RussiansLcknowledge heavyNazi counterattacksn Donets Basin ancKharkov area, andannounce that Kras.Lograd, Lozovaya,

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Sicily: FourMalta-based Spit-fires score hits onshipping sheds S o:Avola and on RRbridge and tracksS of Sciacca, andstrafe trucks andsignal boxes. Pal-ermo bombed by 2EWellingtons; burstsobserved in haborand fires started.Agrigento andLicata also attack-ed.

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Tunisia: Minor tank attack in Tamernarea badly disorganizes enemy.Germans reoccupy Kef el Ahmar Pass.In S, enemy settles down to preparing inew defense lines running from DjebelTebaga to Djebel Melab and the other,from the sea to Djebel Fatnassa, N ofGabes.

Spitfires on sweep over Bizertaattack 10 ME-109's, damaging 6.'Seventeen Hurricanes and 107 Spitfirescarry out offensive sorties over SidiNsir - Sedjenane - Beja - Cape Serrat-Tabarka - Bizerta area. Spitfires nea]Pichon destroy 1 out of 4 FW-190'ssncountered. Three fighter bomberattacks made on enemy transport andtanks retreating in Hallouf area.

Twenty-two B-17's escorted by 24P-38's and covered by 22 Spitfiresattack convoy N of Cape Bon, reportingaear misses on 1 ship; large group ofAxis fighters intercept; 15 ME-109'siestroyed, 10 ME-109's, 1 JU-88, and1 FW-190 probably destroyed, 5 ME-109's and 1 FW-190 damaged.

Indian Ocean: SS James B. Stephens(U.S. cargo ship, 7,176 tons) torp. andsunk at 28-53 S, 33-18 E.

Tunisia: Offensive patrols towardSedjenane encounter enemy strongooints on both sides of road. Axispersistently shells our positions inEamera sector. Enemy evacuatesOusseltia and withdraws from Kef el"apy Pass. In S, Tozeur andpossibl3

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Burma: Japanesetroops are astrideApaukwa-Kanzauktrack, inRathedauniarea.

RAF Blenheimsand Hurricanes,supporting groundoperations, attackobjectives NE ofRathedaung. Kanzausubjected to enemyartillery firethroughout the day.Six B-25's bombMyitnge bridge,scoring probablehits and nearmisses, but hazeobscures results.Another force of 6B-25's bombs AAposition nearMyitnge bridge, RRyards at Monywa,and industrialsection of MyingyanBassein docks at-tacked by 4 B-24's,which score 20 hitson docks and ware-houses. SingleB-25 bombsMaingkwan. EightP-40 s, in 4 flightsof 2 each, attackenemy positions"near Dinjan areaair warning stationat Pebu." FiveP-40's bomb andstrafe Wahat (6 mi.S of Sumprabum).

India: Onhetali.aiand 3 German shipiinterned iPqrtu-mguese Goa 'set onfire by their crews

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Solomon Is.: B-24's make harassingraids on Kahili, Ballale, Munda, andVila.

New Guinea: Three enemy lifeboatsstrafed and sunk by B-17 on rcn.Another, attacking Finschafen, causes2 heavy explositions among buildings.

In Dutch New Guinea, single B-24 son rcn bomb Kaukenau area and 1 of 2merchant vessels at Babo. Allied ship-ping near Porlock Harbor attacked byforce of 9 bombers escorted by 13-ighters and SS S. Jacob (Dutch cargoship, 2,939 tons) is sunk. Oro Bay alsobombed by same force; 1 enemy bomberand 1 fighter shot down by 4 intercept-ing P-38's.

New Britain: Nine Zeros interceptB-17 on rcn near Gasmata; 4 Zerosshot down, another probably destroyed.

Tanimbar Is.: Saumlakki bombed bysingle B-24 on rcn.

N.E.I.: Timor: Two RAAF Beau-fighters strafe runway at Fuiloro anddestroy 1 plane on the ground.

Slomnona :' Eleven TBF's and 18SBDs scrted by1 F4F's attackeftiei mstallations at Munda, startingfires at AA positions and in supplydump area. Kahili, Ballale, Vila, andMunda bombed in early morning by 3B-24's.

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U.S.: PresidentRoosevelt sendsCongress the reportof the NationalResources PlanningBoard which out-lines a nationalsocial security pro.gram and post-wareconomic adjust-ments and reforms.

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(Cont'd)observed in targetarea. Heavy AAfire slightly dam-ages 1 B-25 and 2B-24's, but all ourplanes return.

West Atlantic:Convoy from Bahiaagain attacked; SSKelvinbank (Britishcargo ship, 3,872tons) torp. and suniat 07-24 N, 52-11W.

Aleutian Is.: FouiP-40 s bomb Kiskascoring at least 1hit in submarinebase area. Six B-24's, 10 B-25's, and12 P-38's carry ousecond raid onKis-ka; B-25's andfighters bomb andstrafe 2 radar in-stallations, a near-by AA battiery, and"North, Head^^oon

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250 RAF planes raidMunich at night;bombs dropped in-clude 3 8,000 and120 4,000-lb. bombsauge explosion oc-curs on gasworksand many firesstarted; AA firemoderate; 8 RAFplanes missing; 2enemy planes de-stroyed.

England: Duringiay and at night, atotal of 24 enemyplanes cross English:oast; Worthing,Hove, and Yorkshireare principal targets3 Axis planes de-stroyed.

North Sea: Britishlight forces sink 1enemy ship andleave 2 burning.

North Atlantic:Allied convoy re-:urning from Russiaattacked by enemy3S's and SS PuertoRican (U.S. cargoship, 6,076 tons)sunk at 66-44 N, 10-11 W. Attacks onkllied east-bound;onvoy continue: SSMalantic (U.S. cargoship, 3,837 tons) andSS Rosewood (Brit-ish tanker, 5,989:ons) torp. and nkat 58-37 N, approx-imately 22 W.

North Atlantic:Allied east-boundconvoy suffers fur-ther losses fromhostile SS's: SSNailsea Court (Brit-ish cargo ship,4,946 tons) sunk at58-45 N, 21-57 W;SS Bonneville (Nor-wegian cargo ship,,65 tons) sunk at

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(Cont'd)Pavlograd, Krasno-armeisk, Krama-torsk, Barvenkova,Slavyansk, andLisichansk havebeen abandoned butreport that stiff re-sistance is checkingfurther enemy at-tempts to advance.Enemy announcescapture of Valki andLyubotin. Sovietsreport capture ofTemkino, E ofVyazma and gainsW of Gzhatsk. RedArmy troops S ofLake Ilmen advanceslightly, announcingcapture of Staro-Ramushevo andNovo-Ramushevo.

Russia: Russianforces in Kubandistrict further comrnpress Nazi unitsand capture Krasno-armeisk. Enemyattack W and NW ofKharkovis gainingground; Russiansadvance S of Olen-ino, SW of Sychevka,capturing Novo-Dugino, and SW ofGzhatsk. NW ofVyazma, Sovietforces seize Byelyi.Nazis report de-3rease of Soviet at-tacks in Staraya

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(Cont-d)Kriz abandoned by enemy. In Marethsector, enemy armored cars andartillery attack patrols during night,forcing a slight withdrawal.

Heavy bombing missions cancelledbecause of weather. Eight P-38's and4 Spitfires carry out rcn in Gafsa andMaknassy areas. Enemy operatesagainst our MT on Djebel Abiod - Bejaroad. Axis aircraft make threeattacks on Medenine, but the third in-tercepted by RAF fighters.

South Atlantic: SS Tabor (Norwegiancargo ship, 4,768 tons) torp. and sunkit 37-30 S, 23-00 E.

Tunisia: In afternoon, enemy makesunsuccessful attacks in Tamera andSedjenane areas. Axis artillery shellsSidi Bou Zid. Metlaoui occupied byAllied troops and forward elementsreach Oued Gound. In Marethsector,30 Axis armored cars with artillerysurround and attack Allied positionsat Ksar Rhilane, SW of Mareth. Byevening1 attacks die down; our positionsstill intact, although enemy artilleryapproaches to within 1,000 yards ofmain French concentrations.

El Aouina airdrome bombed by 41B-17's with P-38 escort; hits scoredon 3 large aircraft on grounhd; 8-10planes left burning. Fifteen ME-109'sintercept attack; of these, 5 destroyed,2 ,proably, and 2 damaged. Force of

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(Cont'd)6 P-40's each; hiton ammunition dumlresults in large ex-plosion, 7 directhits on RR bridgedestroy N span andleave center spansagging, firesresult from hits intown area; othertowns, airdromes,and MT in vicinityof Mogaung strafed.Twenty- one escortedBlenheims continueoffensive againstground targets inKanzauk area NEof Rathedaung. Atnight, 7 RAFLiberators bombProme.

China: Japaneseunits cross theYangtze R. atseveral pointsbetween Yoyang andIchang during Marcl8 and 9.

Burma: Mingaladoiairdrome andPazundaung bridgeit Rangoon attackedby 4 and 5 B-24's,respectively; at theairdrome, severaliits are scored onrunway, buildings,and revetments; 5aits scored on N endof bridge, but smokePrevents observationof results. Afte,leaving the l^e.he formation is at-'acked by iL-. -mnemy plags, 3$ ofwhich are destroyed

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survivors killed or captured during8th and 9th at Tufi, Goodenough L,and Lusancay I.

Twenty-six Japanese bombers es-corted by 21 fighters bomb Wau air-drome; little damage results.

Solomon Is.: Two PB4Y's bombKahili, Munda, and Vila during earlymorning. Vila heavily attacked by 18SBD's, 12 TBF's, and 31 F4F's;several large fires result. EightP-38's intercept enemy force of about10 dive bombers and 12 Zeros nearRussell Is.; 3 Zeros and 1 dive bombershot down.

New Guinea: In Mubo area, ourforward units in contactwithb-i.'ne atGuadagasel Ridge. gEnemy is'reporQedtoje o;uPgrL'ababia Ridge.' i-; Fpur!;.la7.rake dawn attac.oplk-ships int Wewak harbor, scorinxg nearmisses; whuidhleave 1 ship smoking andxtingu'ish searchlight. Another B-17 o

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Chile: ChileanGovernment brdersfiling of swornstatements cover-ing all Axis-heldor controlled se-curities and funds,preliminary to ageneral freezingof Axis assets.

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(Cont'd)slightly damages 1B-24, 1 B-25, 2 P-38's, and photoplane, but all return,Allied weather plantunsuccessfully at-tacked by 5 enemyfloatplanes near3ertrude Cove.West Atlantic:

East-bound Alliedconvoy attacked byAxis SS's; SS Clar-issa Radcliffe(British cargo ship,5,754 tons) pre-sumed sunk at ap-proximately 42-00N, 62-00 W.

Caribbean: SSJames Sprunt (U.S.cargo ship, 7,177tons) and SS Virginia Sinclair (U.S.tanker, 6,151 tons),both in convoy, toriand sunk at approx-imately 20-00 N,74-05 W.

Caribbean: SSOlancho (Hondurancargo ship, 2,493tons) torp. and suniat 22-03 N, 85-14W.

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(Cont'd)SS Andrea F. Luck-enback (U.S. cargoship, 6,565 tons)and SS Tucurinca(British cargo ship,5,412 tons) sunk at51-23 N, 29-18 W;SS Brant County(Norwegian cargoship, 5,001 tons)sunk at approxi-mately 52 N, 27 W.

West-bound convo:returning from Russia loses anothership to enemy SS's;SS Richard Bland(U.S. cargo ship,7,191 tons) sunk at66-48 N, 14-15 W.

Mid-Atlantic: SSCalifornia Star(British cargo ship,8,300 tons) sunk bySS in Mid-Atlantic.

France-Belgium:USAAF P-47's inoperation for firsttime make sweep ofWalcheren I., Neth-erlands.

Germany: Stutt-gart heavily raidedat night by about300 RAF planes;769 tons of bombsdropped; many firesresulting merge in-to large, conflagra-tion; moderate AAfire and fightersencountered; 11 RAplanes missing.

England: About20 GAF planes at-tack Hastings, caus-ing some casualtiesand damage. Atnight, 25 hostileplanes drop somebombs over NEcounties; damageslight. Enemylosse~s uring aboveoperatiso are 6plaifes \troyed,1 proQ y destroy-ed,, fdamaged.

North Atlantic:Allied convoy east-bound from NewYork is again at-tacked by enemySS's and SSWilliam

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(Cont'd)Russa sector andLeavy Luftwafferaids on Soviet col-umns and supplies.Russians claim gainsS of Lake Ilmen.

Russia: Germansclaim repulse offresh Soviet attacksin Kuban area. En-emy troops continueto drive towardKharkov, with theheaviest fightingtaking place at Nand W edges of city,and report frustra-tion of Russianattacks in Orel sec-tor. In Vyazmasector, Red Armyforces captureAndreyevsk, andclaim gains S ofByelyi. Germansreport unsuccessfu]Soviet attacks onposition S of Kholm

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Sicily: Forty-oneheavy bombers at-tack Palermo,causing fires amonharbor installationComiso and PortoEmpedocle alsosuccessfully bomb-ed.

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(Cont'd)36 B-17's escorted by P-38's a. --La Marsa airfield; bursts observedon entire target area; 20 ME-109'sand FW-190's encountered; 3 of thesedestroyed, 4 damaged. RAF planesbomb and strafe attacking enemy insouth; 1 Kittyhawk raid encountersforce of heavily escorted JU-87's; 3ME-109's and 1 JU-87 destroyed. Axisplanes carry out 6 fighter bomberattacks on Ksar Rhilane during day.Twelve B-26's escorted by 36 P-40'scarry out heavy and successful raidon Gafsa.

Indian Ocean: SS Richard D. Spaight(U.S. cargo ship, 7,177 tons) torp.and presumed sunk at 28-00 S, 37-00 E

Tunisia: Enemy again makes un-successful attacks in Tamera sector.Weak enemy resistance in Ousseltiaarea encountered by Allied troops.Patrol activity only around Sidi BouZid.

Bombing operations cancelled due toinclement weather. Force of B-26'swith escort of P-38's, on anti-shippingmission between Tunis and Sicily,attack convoy of 7 Siebel ferries with4 escort vessels W of Marettimo I;hits scored on 1 and near misses onothers. A large number of JU-88"s,ME-210's, and ME-110's encountered;2 destroyed and 1 B-26 shot down.

Indian Ocean: SS Aelbryn (Britishcargo ship, 4,986 tons) torp. and sunkat 28-30 S, 34-00 E.

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Burma: Britishtroops engageenemy force inSumprabum area,inflicting casualties,then withdraw topositions 12 mi. Nof Sumprabum.

Force of 7 B-25'sattacks Myitngebridge, scoring neaimisses on Napproach. RAFplanes attack enemypositions at Donbaik

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Trobriand Is.: Allied fighters shootiown enemy rcn medium bomber.

Tanimbar Is.: Saumlakki attacked by3 RAAF Hudsons, which silence AA'ire and score probable hits on wharfmand gun positions.

N.E.I.: Two vessels sighted and at-;acked by rcn B-24 near Boeton I.(SE of Celebes); 1 6,000-ton merchantship is left burning as result of directlit.

Solomon Is.: Three PB4Y's carryout harassing raids on enemy airfieldsat Kahili, Ballale, and Vila duringearly morning.

At night, 2 enemy planes bomb ourpositions on Guadalcanal; no damageresults.

New Guinea: Japanese positions inGuadagasel area bombed and strafed by3 A-20's. Rcn B-24 scores direct hitson airdrome, warehouse, and possibledumps at Finschafen.

Dobodura area twice raided by enemyplanes. Force of 24 bombers escortedby 16 Zeros bombs airdrome nearDobodura, destroying 3 planes onground; 24 intercepting Allied fightersshoot down 9 Zeros and probably des-troy 3 Zeros and 2 bombers; 1 Alliedfighter lost. In the evening, singleenemy plane ineffectively raidsDobodura, dropping 2 bombs. 7,,i':enemy bombers raid Ali:id .po1dtion'l iWau area at ni-ht'aropping S ;no damagl re'sltsA -. -.. :

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General Charles deGaulle broadcastsfrom London anappeal to French?eople to opposeby obstruction andsabotage GermanLabor conscription.Italy: Mussolini

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Aleutian Is.:Twelve Allied fight-ers, on rcn missiorover Kiska, strafegun positions; mod-erate AA fire en-countered fromVulcan Pt.

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convoy, which hasbeen under attacksince March 7, suf-fers further lossesfrom enemy SS's:SS Empire Impala(British cargo ship,3,116 tons); SSMilos (Swedish car-go ship, 3,058 tons);SS Empire Lakeland(British cargo ship,7,015 tons); and SSLeadgate (Britishcargo ship, 2,125:ons) overdue andpresumed sunk.

Mid-Atlantic: Brit-ish DD, Harvester,sunk by Axis SSwhile escorting con-voy.

France: Sixty-:hree B-17's escortsd by Spitfires at-tack Rouen with gooiresults; many hitsscored in marshall-ing yards and arouncBngine sheds; heavysmoke rises to12,000'; AA andfighter oppositionLight; all our planesreturn. Force ofB-24's carries outuneventful sweepalong Channel coast

Armament worksnear Lille success-fully bombed by 11Mosquitos, 1 ofwhich is missing.

Germany: About450 RAF planescarry out destruc-tive night raid on.Essen dropping ove]1,000 tons of bombsincluding 156 4-tonbombs;-Iffny largeexplosiofpi result anfires are well con-centrated; photo-graphs taken thenext day reveal oilfires still burningand the KruppWorks apparently

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Eastern Europe

Russia: Sovietsreport repulse ofenemy attack inIzyum sector andheavy fightingaround Kharkov;Germans reportviolent street fight-ing in progress inKharkov and claimRussians are beingpushed eastward.Fighting in Orelarea appears tohave slowed down;Russians announceraid on Orel air-drome and claimdestruction of 15Axis planes. Soviettroops on N end ofthis front advanceSW of Sychevka tocapture the import-ant Nazi base ofVyazma, SW ofTemkino to captureZnamensk, and Sof Byelyi.

Southern Europe

Sicily: Ragusabombed by 8 Malta-based Spitfirebombers with es-cort of Spitfirefighters; RR statioisidings, and build-ings damaged.

Mediterranean:Beauforts andAlbacores fromMalta successfullyattack Axis convoyoff Palermo; 1merchant ship damaged and 1 tankerleft burning. TwoMalta-based Beau-fighters strafeschooner E ofLampedusa; boatbelieved sunk.

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Tunisia: Area S of Djebel Tabounaoccupied by 1 company of enemy. Axisartillery heavily shells area N ofDJebel Mansour. In central Tunisia,Djebel es Stah reported occupied byenemy.Spitfires and Hurricanes on tactical

rcn in N sector attack MT and cars.Force of B-26's escorted by P-40'sattacks RR bridges and supply dumpsat Enfidaville; hits scored on dumps;of intercepting enemy aircraft, 2 ME-109's shot down; 1 B-24 lost. B-17'swith escort of P-38's attack docksand marshalling yards at Sousse;)ursts observed in RR yards, docks,oil storage, and near power house;large fires started. Fifteen to twentyenemy planes oppose attacks; 2 des-;royed, 2 probably, and 2 damagedagainst loss of 1 P-38.Axis fighter bombers attack roads in

Kasserine-Sbeitla area. Enemyplanesnake 2 attacks on Thelepte airdrome,iamaging 3 Spitfires on the ground; 5VIE-109's destroyed, 4 damaged.Algeria: Enemy torpedo bombers and

)ombers operate in Bone area; 1 JU-88

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corted by P-38's attacks 18 Siebelerries 20 mi. NNW of Cape Bon; 3sunk, 3 probably sunk, and near missesscored on others. Italian planes in-ercept of which 2 are destroyed; 13-25 shot down.Enemy E-boat sinks British DD,

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Burma: InRathedaung area,enemy makes nightattack on Britishleft flank, causingslight withdrawalDf forward units.Pazundaung bridge

it Rangoon attackedDy 6 B-24's; 1intercepting enemybomber destroyedand 2 Zeros des-troyed or damaged.Enemy positionsnear air warningstation KC8 bombedand strafed by 4P-40's.

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Solomon Is.: Before dawn, Japaneseairfields at Kahili, Ballale, Munda,and Vila suffer harassing raids by 3B-24's. Twenty-one TBF's bombMunda at night, starting 2 fires; 1 TBFis missing. B-24's continue to harassenemy airfields, bombing Kahiii,Ballale, and Munda during the night;small fire is started at Kahili and aLarge one at Ballale.

Ne~w Guinea: Guadagasel Gap bombedand strafed 4 times by 3 A-20 s, whichalso strafe building area at Salamaua.

New Britain: Eight B-17's bombLakunai airdrome at Rabaul, causing aLarge explosion. Single B-24 scores 2hits on runway at C. Gloucester air-drome.

N.E.I.: Three B-24's attack shippingand harbor installations at Ambon,scoring direct hit on a 6-7,000-tonvessel; 6-8 enemy fighters attempt in-terception; B-24's shoot down 2 anddamage 2 more. Fuiloro airdrome,Timor, bombed and strafed in coordinaled attack by 3 Dutch B-25's and 2 RAAIBeaufighters; results of bombing attackobscured by clouds, but Beaufightersdamage grounded enemy fighter, and atLautem, damage a 3090opton torEsseand strafe e on be'i.; (oeef 4eWemy|^ghie~rs ttempting ^e p!ion

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U.S.: Mr. Edentells press thatpost-war collabor-ation between theUnited Nations isindispensable if alasting peace is tobe achieved.

Frank Knox,Secretary of theNavy, states thatnumerous Frenchsailors are desert-ing from their war.ships in U.S. har-bors to join Fight-ing French.

North Africa:French NationalCommittee in Lon-don publishes amemo to GeneralGiraud whichstates that theydesire incorpora-tion of North andWest Africa inFighting Frenchmovement, that thearmistice be de-clared null and void,and that Frenchliberties be re-stored in freedterritories.

Martinique: Ad-miral Robert,French High Com-:missioner, againpublicly reaffirms,his adherence :?'-

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THEATERS

Aleutian Is.:Twelve P-40's at-tack Kiska, drop-ping bombs onbeached enemyplanes, runway nearSalmon Lagoon, andin main camp area;hits observedamong planes. Asecond attack onKiska is carriedout by 4-P-38's and8 P-40's, whichstrafe gun emplace-ments at Vulcan Pt.and beached enemyaircraft; hits scorecon 3-6 of the 14beached planes.One P-38 suffersminor damage fromintense AA fire,but all our planesreturn.

Caribbean: Alliedconvoy attacked byenemy U-boats andfollowing ships sunkat 14-50 N, 71-46W: SS Cities Ser-vice Missouri (U.S.tanker, 7,506 tons)and SS Ceres(Dutch cargo ship,2,680 tons).

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England: Total of30 enemy planesaver Essex andDevon during dayand 12 attack Tyne-side area at night.

France: Seventy-five B-17's escortedby Spitfires attackRR targets inFrance, 44 bombingAmiens and 31 raid-ing other RR objec-tives; bombing ham-pered by heavy hazeover entire area;moderate AA fireand fighter reactionencountered; 5 en-emy planes destroy-ed, 5 probably de-stroyed, and 4 dam-aged for loss of 6Spitfires.

England: Four of8 enemy planescrossing SW coastdestroyed andanother damaged.Twenty-one report-ed operating off SEand E coasts atnight, of which 9fly overland.

East Atlantic:Allied convoy out-bound from theUnited Kingdomattacked by hostileSS's at 42-45 N, 13-50 W and the follow-ing ships sunk: SSSembilangan (Dutchcargo ship, 4,990tons); SS Marcella(British cargo ship,4,592 tons); SSOporto (British car-go ship, 2,352 tons);SS Clanlh;pine(Britishcargo ship,i'5,,442'to^

[ 'i'ade: Airfieldsat Cherbourg andAbbeville attackedby escorted Whirl-wind bombers.

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Russia: Enemyreports surpriseattack on Sovietforces in Kubanarea and claims tohave shattered them.Soviets claim re-pulse of Germanattacks in Izyumarea. Street fight-ing in Kharkov con-tinues, but Rus-sians report repulseof Nazi attacks tosouth of city. Ger-mans attack on widefront W of Belgorodand claim captureof Bogodukhov,Akhtyrka, andGraivoron. Fight-ing around Orel hasslackened; onVyazma front, Rus-sian forces gain,capturing manyinhabited localities,including RR sta-tion of Ugra. Nazifighter bombersattack MurmanskRR, town, and har-bor; SS OceanFree.dom (British cargoship, 7,173 tons)sunk and SS Lena(Russian cargoship, 1,459 tons)considered totalloss as result ofraid.

Russia: Localfighting continuesin Kuban and Miusareas, Germansreport Kharkovarea largely in

Italy: Naplesharbor bombed by18 B-24's; cloudsprevent observa-tion of results. SixB-24's make secon<attack on Naples;results unobserved,

Sicily: Eight Spit-fire bombers and 8Spitfires attack Pozzallo factory area;results unobservedbecause of clouds.

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nclement weather. About 25 enemyircraft carry out offensive sweeps

over Mateur - Beja - Sedjenane, andKairouan areas. Spitfires and P-39'sdispatched to attack landing groundiear La Fanconnerie are interceptedby 12 ME-109's and FW-190's; 7P-39's destroyed.Algeria: Small number of enemy

torpedo bombers and JU-88's operatever Bone in early morning, causing

slight damage to power station. InLfternoon, of 7 or 8 Axis aircraft over3one, 2 are destroyed.Mediterranean: Malta-based planes

nake night attack on enemy convoy of4 merchant vessels with DD escort; 1ship of 6,000 tons blown up and 2 otherslamaged.East Atlantic: Convoy for Mediter-

ranean attacked by enemy U-boats;SS Keystone (U.S. cargo ship, 5,565ons) torp. and sunk at 37-59 N,27-40 W.

South Atlantic: SS Empress ofCanada (British cargo ship, 21,517,ons) torp. and sunk at 01-13 S,)9-57 N.

Tuniaia: Italian infantry reported oiDjebel Goussa. In S, Axis rcn unitsobserved still in Ksar Rhilane areabut Kreddache and Hallouf reportedevacuated by enemy. Hill NW ofDjebel el Harch attacked by enemy wh

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at Rangoon is at-acked for secondsuccessive day, byforce of 4 B-24's;2 near missesscored on bridge.Five-seven enemy.win-engine fightersintercept, 1 of whichis destroyed, 1probably, and'severaiamaged; 2 B-24'siestroyed. RAFattacks objectivesin Donbaik andAkyab areas.Andaman Is.:

Dutch SS sinks 4,00C:on enemy ship offAndaman Is.

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Four B-24's .attack Moulmeindocks, hitting ware-

Solomon Is.: Force of 18 SBD's es-corted by 23 fighters bombs Vila,Iropping bombs in dump and camp area:ieavy explosion and smoke results.Four P-38's strafe small vessel nearRendova I., destroying it. Three RAAFCatalinas make night attack on BukaLirdrome, dropping bombs on runwaymd in dispersal area.New Guinea: Mubo area clear of

enemy to point 500 yards N ofGuadagasel by evening.. Allied patrolscontact enemy at Mambare Delta.Enemy convoy sighted NE of Wewak

about noon and shadowed. In the'vening, force of 6 B-17's attacks theconvoy; 4,000-ton tanker is hit and)elieved sunk, hits on an AP cause it:o explode and burst into flames, hitsmd near misses scored on a 7-8,000-;on AK and on deck of a large DD;Wewak town and airdrome also bombed,but results are unobserved. Komiatum-3alamauatrack and nearby trailsstrafed by 3 RAAF Beaufighters.

B-24 on rcn attacks enemy merchantvessel at Babo, drops 2 bombs on AK'siear Kaimana, and strafes river ferry,:orcing it ashore at Kaimana; 1 of 63nemy planes intercepting over Babo isshot down.

New Britain: One B-17 strafes ware -aouses in vicinity of Wide Bay, andanother drops 4 bombs on Gasmatarunway.

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to Marshal Petain.

North Africa:General Giraudsends message toGeneral Catroux,stating that thetime for the unionof Frenchmen hasarrived and heis ready toreceive Generalde Gaulle "in orderto give this uniona concrete form."

Finland:Germany andFinland sign tradeagreement,to mutually supple-ment production ofeach other.


THEATERS

Aleutian Is.: More:han 70 Allied)lanes (B-24's.3-25's, and fighters))articipate in 6 at-tacks on Kiska.Approximately 50lons of bombs drop-Ded on main camparea and installa-tions at North Head;many hits scored in:arget areas, butietails of damageunreported. OneP-38 is lost.

Three enemy float3lanes unsuccess-fully attack weatherplane returningfrom Kiska.

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(Cont'd)enemy planes crossNE at night; 4 de-stroyed.

France: Enemyairfield in Brittanyis target for 11 es-corted Venturas.

England: Ten en-emy planes crossNE at night; 4 de-stroyed.

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(Cont'd)their hands butRussians resistdesperately andheavy fighting con-tinues. Axis forcesdrive E fromPoltava and Sumy,and claim advancestoward Belgorod,capturing Boris-ovka. Soviets con-tinue to gain inVyazma area, re-porting progress Wand SW of the townand S of Byelyi; RedArmy troops crossVyazma R. whileother units break uplarge enemy concentrations at Kholm -Zhirkovsky and foraa passage of theupper Dnieper, oc-cupying several en-emy strong pointson W bank.

Russia: Germansreport sinking of7,000-ton Soviettanker off Tuapse.Nazi offensive inupper Donets ad-vances and enemyrecaptures Kharkov,still the RR centerof southern Russia.Axis forces NW ofthe city continuetheir drive towardBelgorod, althougha determined Sovietcounterattack W ofBelgorod checks theadvance. Soviettroops on c entralfront gain in thedrive for Smolensk,capturing Kholm-Zhirkovsky, andadvancing W and SWof Vyazma.Baturina, S of Byelyialso captured.Germans reportfresh Russian at-tack in StarayaRussa area;Russians claimgains S of LakeIlmen.

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Lllied planes in Sedjanane - Jefnarea; some hits scored on enemy carsnd trucks.Algeria: Spitfires intercept enemy

aircraft approaching Bone; 1 HE-111.estroyed, 3 probably, 2 damaged.

Tunisia: Enemy withdraws from Sidel Ahmed Pass. Enemy small armsEire reported from Djebel Trozzaand artillery fire in Djebel Seagdalarea. Axis troops farther S now holdline 4-1/2 mi. W of Sened Station.Patrolling activity only in Marethsector.

About 15 ME-109's carry outoffensive patrols in Mateur - CapeSerrat - Sedjenane areas. Force of13 ME-109's strafes Sbeitla and SidiBou Zid sectors. Force of 15Bisleys makes successful night attackon Djebel Tebaga landing ground andtransport; Gabes - Sfax road attacked;hits scored on road and RR; 1 of ourplanes missing, 2 damaged. B-26'sand B-25's escorted by P-38's and P-40's carry out 2 missions, attackinglanding ground NW of Mezzouna; 12enemy planes on ground reported des-troyed by B-26 mission. Enemy air-craft intercept and 4 destroyed; 4 ofour fighter planes shot down.

Mediterranean: Force of B-17's at-tacks convoy of 2 merchant ships and4 escort vessels at 38-43 N, 11-30 E;hits scored on 1 merchant ship andanother left smoking.

East Atlantic: Convoy again attackeand SS Wyoming (French cargo ship,8,062 tons) torp. and sunk at 40-18 N,28-56 W.

ASIATICTHEATER

(Cont'd)ouses and sawmill.]okteik viaductombed by 8 B-25's,.its scored on via-uct, bridge, and onpproach to bridge.RAF makes 73orties againstnemy objectives,hiefly in Akyabrea. At night,ailway center atdandalay is suc-essfully bombed byWellingtons.

Burma: Japaneseare reported to haywithdrawn fromSumprabum. Fight-ing continues N ofRathedaung withoutsignificant changein positions.

Seven B-25's bonGokteik. viaduct, buscore no hits.Force of 8 P-40'sbombs bridge atKadrangyang, 32 mS of Sumprabum,inflicting minordamage with 4 smabomb hits, andstrafes enemytrucks 15 mi. N ofMyitkyina. Myitngebridge unsuccess-fully bombed byB-25's. RAFcontinues to suppoiground operationsin Rathedaung areaand bombs Toungocat night.

Escorted enemyplanes bomb targetS of Maungdaw.


(Cont'd)raft, and another bombs Madang run-ray. At night, 2 B-24's bomb Wewakirdrome and a point 15 mi. SE of7ewak.Fifteen enemy bombers raid Oro Bay,ight of 14/15, setting small dump onire and hitting waterfront installations.New Britain: Gasmata airdromeombed, small vessel in Kimbe Baytrafed, and wharf and buildings at[bili strafed by single B-17 on rcn.N.E.I.: Timor: Dilli bombed by rcn3-24; on return trip 2 enemy fightersitercept over Fuiloro; 1 is probablyestroyed.

Solomon Is.: Twelve SBD's escortedby fighters drop half-ton bombs.onVila and Munda.

New Guinea-New Britain: Allied PTboats sink several enemy barges 10 miNW of Morobe, night of 15/16.

Japanese positions in Mubo areastrafed bv 3 RAAF Beaufighters. B-17on rcn drops 2 bombs each on airdromesat Finschafen and C. Gloucester. Air-drome and buildings at Gasmata bombeby RAAF Catalina and B-17, respectivily.

B-24 on rcn sights and attacks 3,000-ton enemy vessel off Kaimana, DutchNew Guinea, probably damaging it witha near hit.

Aroe Is.: Three enemy merchantvessels loaded with troops sighted 30mi. N.of Dobo and attacked 4 times bytotal of 3 Dutch B-25's, 6 RAAFHudsons, and 4 RAAF Beauf ighters;direct hits scored on 2 ships and nearmisses on all 3; vessels and troops ondeck strafed; AA fire from shipsdestroys 1 Beaufighter. Dobo alsoattacked by 3 of the RAAF Hudsons.

Australia: Fifty-third enemy raid o0Darwin is carried out by 25 bonR "^escorted by 24 fighters; ibidtngs andfuel tanks damaged g rcepting 5

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North Africa:General Giraudformally restoresthe laws of theFrench Republic.Local,elected as-semblies holdingoffice on June 22,1940,will functionuntil post-warelections can takeplace; Jews and:Masons regaii' 1

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THEATERS

Aleutian Is.: Kis-ka is attacked 3times by total of12 B-24's, 12 B-25's, and 12 P-38'shits scored in maincamp area, on AAinstallations atNorth Head, and onsubmarine base;radar installationpossibly hit; largefires started incamp area. HeavyAA fire encounter-ed; 1 B-25 missing;several planesdamaged. Eight P-38's engage 8 ene-my fighters 20 mi.S of Vega Pt.,Kiska; 1 and possi-bly 2 enemy planesshot down; all ourfighters return tobase.

North Atlantic:East-bound Alliedconvoy attacked SEof Cape Farewell,Greenland; follow-ing ships torp. andsunk at 50-38 N,34-46 W: SS WilliamEustis (U.S. cargoship, 7,194 tons),SS James Ogle-thorpe (U.S. cargoship, 7,176 tons),SS Zaanland (Dutchcargo ship, 6,813tons), and SS Elin E(Norwegian cargoship, 5,214 tons).

Mid-Atlantic: SSThorstrand (Nor-wegian cargo ship,3,041 tons) torp. ancsunk at 41-22 N,42-59 W.

Aleutian Is.: TwoP-40's bomb enemyship and main camparea at Kiska.

North Atlantic:East-bound convoyagain attacked; 1S:?:Irenee Dupont f(U.S.cargo ship, 6~-125tons), SS-HarryLuekenbach (U.S.cargo ship, 6,366tons), SS Coracero(British cargo'ship,

ETTR.OPAN THETATER.

Western Europe

Germany: TwelveMosquitos carryout successful day-light raid on Pader.born (40 mi. E ofHamm); 1 Mosquito'missing.

East Atlantic: SSE. V. George (Brit-ish cargo ship, 16tons) sunk by mine5mi. S of'Rye.* ;;. ;.

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Russia: Germansclaim to have en-veloped Russianforces SE of Khar-kov; Russians re-port heavy engage-ments in upperDonets area and re-pulse of enemy at-tacks. German of-fensive in Belgorod-Kursk region con-tinues, endangeringthe Soviet salientin Sumy area; ene-my reports repulseof Russian counter-attack W of Belgo-rod. Moscow an-nounces gains S ofByelyi and S ofLake Ilmen, whereoccupation of sev-eral populatedplaces is claimed.

Russia: Sovietforces SE of Khar-iov, in Chuguyevarea, counterattackNazi encirclingforces in attempt torelieve trapped RedArmy units andclaim capture ofadvantageous. posi-tions. Germansclaim advances toE in Belgorod areaand repulse of

Southern Europe

Sicily: Comisoairdrome attackedby 8 Spitfire bomb-ars escorted bySpitfire fighters;results unobserved.Two Spitfires bomblocomotives atPaolo.

Lampedusa I.:Four Spitfire bomb-ers escorted byfighters attack air-drome, scoring hitson SE corner.

Italy: Mosquitos,during night, strafetrains in toe ofItaly, attack RRstation at Amateawhere explosionsare observed, andraid RR junction ofSamenzia.

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Tunisia: Enemy infantry supportedDy dive bombers attacks our positionsaear Tamera in morning. Alliedtroops counterattack but by evening,Axis units achieve some gains andturn S to attack our forces in DjebelAbiod area. Allied troops at DjebelZebla, NE of Beja, also attacked. Incentral sector, Allied forward elementBnter Gafsa; rcn pushes toward ElGuettar, encountering only slightartillery and air opposition. StadjaZannouch also occupied.

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Burma: FightingE of Mayu R.results in with -irawal of Britishforward units.Enemy is reportedLctive up to pointibout 12 mi. aboveRathedaung.Pazundaung bridge

at Rangoon bombedby 6 B-24's; bombsland in vicinity of Nand S approaches.Eight B-25's attackMyitnge bridge,scoring 2 hits on Nipproach. P-40'sbomb and strafeenemy positions inMyitkyina area,.eaving buildingsburning and starting'ires. Two P-40'sstrafe trucks inTaungzup area andbomb Wasat andringpai. RAF activen support of groundforces inRathedaunEarea.Indo-China: Enem:

installations nearLaokay strafed by

P-40's; buildings.eft burning.

China: SS Ming2how (Chinesecargo ship) sunk byircraft in YangtzeB.

India: Twelveenemy planes bombRamu, RAF forwarclanding ground 10mi. E of Cox'sBazaar, causingslight damage.

Burma: Sumpra-bum reoccupied by:Kachin levies,which are patrollingsouthward. OnArakan front, fight-ing continues in


Solomon Is.: Enemy installationsit Vila successfully bombarded beforelawn by Allied naval forces; airfieldheavily damaged. During earlynorning, 2 B-17's raid Kahili, Vila,Lnd Munda. Later, 19 SBD's escorted)y 20 fighters bomb Vila area; anotherSBD bombs Munda. Viru harborstrafed by 7 P-38's.New Guinea: Allied patrols find

MVambare R. mouth area, with elaboratelefense system, abandoned by theenemy.Force of 5 B-25's escorted by 8 P-38'

bombs Lae, and 7 RAAF Bostons make.ow-level bombing and strafing attackon Salamaua, starting 1 large fire andseveral others among fuel dumps.Two B-24's on rcn sight and un-

successfully attack 3 AK's 18 mi. W of2. Van Den Bosch, Dutch New Guinea.New Britain: Rcn B-17 ineffectively

bombs Ubili sawmill, but shoots downan intercepting enemy bomber. Atlight, seven B-17's bomb Rapopo air-irome, Rabaul; fires and explosions,?robably among aircraft, result.Aroe Is.: Dobo attacked by 6 RAAF

Eludsons and 6 RAAF Beaufighters,respectively; direct hit scored on radiostation, 3 luggers sunk by strafing, andmildings at Dobo damaged by strafing.

Solomon Is.: Three B-24's harassMunda, Vila, Kahili, and Ballaleduring early morning. Buka airdromeattacked at night by 3 RAAF Catalinas,which drop bombs on disRersalrbay!g ':and along runwayfsa nil5 nbe: , Aposition with strhain{sarriif~$e 'dfra few bopibsson hili:., &; New..Gine^; ele n ane in-efei ib 3 enemy coastalvesse~ls in'McCluer Gulf, SW DutchNew Guinea.

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The governmentrepudiates Vichyand asks GeneralsGiraud and DeGaulle to appointa new governor.

LATIN AMERICAITHEATERS(Cont'd)

7,252 tons), SSTerkoelei (Dutchcargo ship, 5,158tons), SS SouthernPrincess (Britishtanker, 12,156 tons:and SS Nariva (British cargo ship,8,714 tons) torp. ansunk at approxi-,mately 51-00 N, 33-50 W.

Second east-boundconvoy, which suf-fered first attackon the 10th, alsoattacked SE of CapeFarewell. Follow-ing ships sunk atapproximately 52-14 N, 32-00 W: SSPort Auckland (British cargo ship, 8,78£tons), SS Kingsbury(British cargo ship,4,898 tons), SS KingGruffyd (Britishcargo ship, 5,072tons), SS Fort CedaLake (British cargoship, 7,100 tons),SS Alderamin (Dutclcargo ship, 7,886tons), SS Zouave(British cargo ship,4,256 tons), and SSGranville (Panamanian cargo ship,4,071 tons).

Aleutian Is.: Kisk~twice raided byAllied planes: 6 B -24's, 6 B-25's, and12 P-38's bombmain camp, NorthHead, and fighterstrip near SalmonLagoon, and strafepersonnel on thefighter strip andgun positions onNorth Head; 12 P-38's, in 3 flights of4 each, alsp. ttakKiska, droppingsbombs in main camparea; results of firstattack unobserved,but fires are start-ed on W slope of

Imain camp duringfighter raid. AAfire and coastal guns,oppose attack, but

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Germany: Enemyinstallations at Veg-esack heavily dam-aged during attackby 97 heavy bomb-ers (73 B-17's and34 B-24's); entire:arget area left inflames; subsequentphotographs show;hat many shops insubmarine base anduildings in ship-ards are demolish-

*r badly damaged;n[~erate to intenseA~fire encountered

aid enemy fightersattack continuously;memy losses are52 planes destroyed,

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(Cont'd)strong Russiancounterattacks, re-porting heavy airraids on Soviettroops. Moscowasserts enemyDnieper defense lineis penetrated atsev-eral places andstrong points on Wbank captured. S ofLake Ilmen, andSoviet offensive continues but no mater-ial gains reported.

Russia: Russiansreport heavy fight-ing in Chuguyevareswhere Germansclaim to have anni-hilated encircledSoviet forces. Ber-lin announces thatoffensive betweenKharkov and NW ofKursk is steadilygaining ground, theGerman army beingeffectively support-ad by the air force.Soviets make freshattack S of Orel. Indrive toward Smo-Lensk, Russiansmapture Izdeshkovo,on Vyazma-Smo-

Ou probably oestroyjlensk RR, and claimid; 23 damaged; 1 [advances S of Byelvi.3-24 and 1 B-17 INazis report repulsenissing. of Soviet attacks S

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(Cont'd)Mediterranean:

Enemy convoy at-tacked by 9 Beau-forts escorted byBeaufighters;10,000-ton tankerset on fire; of 15intercepting enemyplanes, 1 destroye¢2 probably, and 6damaged.

Italy: Naplesbombed by 17 B-24's; cloud coverprevents observa-tion of results.

Sicily: Two MaltEbased Spitfiresstrafe locomotivesat Noto.

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(Cont'd)Lroughout Tunisian front. Force of10 Spitfires carries out offensiveweeps over Sedjenane area; of in-ercepting enemy aircraft, 1 destroyed.ledium bombers make heavy raid onafsa as prelude to ground attacks.ighters strafe tanks and MT movingtom Gafsa to El Guettar.Enemy dive bombers support groundorces attacking in N. Area E of Arramttacked 5 times by Axis dive bombersad fighter bombers. Enemy aircraftLake 3 attacks NW of Medenine.East Atlantic: Convoy again attackedad SS Molly Pitcher (U.S. cargo ship,,200 tons) torp. and sunk at 38-21 N,9-54 W.

Tunisia: British abandon Tamerawhich is occupied by Axis forces.Attacks then launched against ourpositions in Djebel Abiod area butthey are repulsed. Patrol activityonly in central sector. Troops at3afsa push on to El Guettar whichAxis had abandoned.

Hurricanes attack Tamera'Station,scoring hits on buildings and adjacent;ransport. Bombing operations

cancelled because of weather conditionsEnemy air activity decreases.

Mediterranean: SS Dafila QBritishcargo ship, 1,940 tons) torp. and sunkat 32-59 N, 22-21 E. SS Kaying(British cargo ship, 2,626 tons) torp.and sunk at 32-59 N, 22-21 E.

East Atlantic: SS Lulworth Hill(British cargo ship, 7,628 tons) torp.and sunk at 11-44 S, 01-44 E.

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(Cont'd)aungmaw area, 18Li. N of Rathedaung:ritish troops makeLrther withdrawals.nemy positions Nf Donbaik attackedy British with somiccess.Eight B-25's bomblyitnge bridge,coring hits on tracad road at Npproach and on AAattery. Bridge 4li. NW of Myitkyinaaffers 2 attacks byP-40's each; 2its scored onridge, 3 onapproacipans, and 5 onracks, which are·onsiderably damag-ed. Eight P-40's:core several nearaisses onKadrangyang bridgend inflict considera-le damage on motoibool at Hpunginzup.IAF is active inbattle areas, andiombs Bhamo atlight, starting fireson the waterfront;3 Beaufighters at-ack Tennant andrain near Thayetkon

Burma: Laukhaung30 mi. NE ofMyitkyina, reoccupi3d by 600 Japanese.In Hukawng Valley,British levies re-occupy position 5mi. W of Shingbwi-yang. N of Donbaik,British pressure onenemy positionscontinues, but is un-able to reducestrongpoints; attackcease with positionssubstantially un-altered.

Pazundaung RRbridge near Rangoo:attacked by 16 B-241-3 direct hits andmany near missesscored on bridge an¢both approaches


(Cont'd)New Britain: Rcn B-17 bombs and

strafes Ubili ground installations.Kei Is.: Three Hudsons and 5 B-25's

attack Langgoer, hitting wharf andbarracks area.

Solomon Is.: Kahili, Ballale, andVila airfields harassed by 2 B-17's inearly morning. Vila heavily attackedin afternoon by 11 SBD's escorted by16 fighters; fire started in camp area.Despite intense AA fire, all our planesreturn.

New Guinea: Madang heavily bombedand strafed during coordinated attackDy 12 B-24's with 16 P-38's as coverand- 9 RAAF Beaufighters; large firesand explosions result. Subsequentphotographs reveal many bomb craterson airdrome and town, 3 buildings and2 AA positions destroyed, fighter planedamaged on airfield. On return trip,Beaufighters strafe Alexishafen,starting fire on enemy Hq. Six RAAFA-20's bomb and strafe Salamaua,petting several buildings on fire; AAfire destroys 1 A-20.

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Italy: Rome an-nounces that Ad-mirals Doenitz andRiccardi, chiefs ofGerman and Italiarnavies, held a con-ference in Italyfrom March 15 to17, and reachedagreement on con-tinuation of the wai

U.S.: Vice-Pres.ident Henry A.Wallace leaves fortour of Pacificcoast Latin Amer-ican countries.

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North Atlantic:East-bound convoyattacked for thirdsuccessive day; SSMatthew Luckenbac!(U.S. cargo ship,5,848 tons), SSWalter Q. -Gresham(U.S. cargo ship,7,191 tons), and SSCanadian Star (Brit.ish cargo ship,3,293 tons) sunk atapproximately 53-

00 N, 23-00 W.

Aleutian Is.: Alliecrcn plane strafes 2enemy bargescarrying troops toMassacre Bay,Attu.North Atlantic;

Second east-boundconvoy again attack-ed; SS Carras:Greek cargo ship,5,234 tons) torp.and sunk at 54-00N, 23-00 W.

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tives near Rotter-dam attacked by 12escorted Venturas;2 enemy planes de-stroyed and 2 othersprobably destroyed.

England: Duringthe night, 20 Axisplanes cross EastAnglian coast, in-flicting some dam-age at Norwich andGreat Yarmouth; 5enemy planes de-stroyed and anotherprobably shot down.

North Sea: SSGlendalough -(Britistcargo ship, 868 tons,sunk by mine at 53-17 N, 01-04 E.

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(Cont'd)of Lake Ilmen; Rus-sians report sinkingof 6,000-ton enemytransport in BarentsSea.

Russia: Nazis re-port gains in Chu-guyev area and an-nihilation of rem-nants of trappedSoviet forces SE ofKharkov. Strongenemy forces ad-vance in N Donetsarea and press.Soviet troops back.Germans, in sur-prise attack, recap-ture Belgorod, andreport repulse ofRussian attacks atBorisovka. Berlinclaims Soviet at-tacks S of Orel, Sof Vyazma, and atStaraya Russa areunsuccessful. Heavyfighting S of LakeIlmen is reported,and Russians claimrecapture of severasettlements.

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Sicily: Maltaplanes destroy ordamage 10 locomo-tives in Sicily andS Italy.

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Libya: About 12 Axis bombers andtorpedo planes make night attack onTripoli; SS Ocean Voyager (Britishcargo ship, 7,174 tons) and SSVarvara(Greek cargo ship, 1,354 tons) torp.and sunk at 32-54 N, 13-11 E BritishDD, Derwent, damaged and beached;4 JU-88's shot down by AA fire.

Tunisia: Enemy artillery active inDjebel Abiod - Tamera area andaround Faid. Patrol activity continueson Mareth front.

Allied aircraft heavily attack enemy'.Mareth positions throughout day.Escorted Bostons and Baltimoresattack enemy gun positions in Marethvillage district; Wellingtons andAlbacores make night raid on targetsin Mareth area, encountering con-centrated AA fire; 1 good fire and ex-plosion observed. Force of Bisleysmakes night attack on Axis landinggrounds at Djebel Tebaga andMezzouna with good results; severalEires started.

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Burma: P-40'scarry out bombingand strafing attackson enemy installa-tions in Myitkyinaarea; several smallmd 1 large firestarted at town 60ni. S of Myitkyina[Nalhng), riversteamers damaged,md bridge approachiamaged 3 mi. S ofUAogaung.Enemy force

estimated at 200 en-gaged by levies nearSumprabum.British naval units

shell enemy position,Ln Donbaik area.Indo-China: Force

of 12 B-25's es-corted by 6 P-40'sattacks the RR andriver terminusqfq7.phosphate min~ i| :aear Laokay, s


(Cont'd)New Britain: Radio station at

Gasmata is targetlf or B-17 on rcn.Two loaded enemy barges strafed byrcn B-17 30 mi. E of C. Gloucester.

Kei Is.: B-24 which bombed Timikaalso attacks Langgoer, destroyingbuildings.

N.E.I.: Ten enemy fighters attackB-24 on morning rcn mission overAmbon; B-24 destroys 4, probablydestroys 2 more, damages 1. ThreeRAAF Hudsons raid Penfoei airdrome,Koepang, at night, scoring possiblehits on blast bays.

Solomon Is.: Two B-17's makeharassing attacks on Kahili andBallale. Several enemy positions inTonolei Harbor area bombed by 2B-24's.

New Guinea: Enemy positions in Mubcarea bombed and strafed by 3 A-20's.Five B-25's attack and sink an enemySS which had been unloading suppliesin Lae harbor.

Eighteen enemy bombers escorted by32 fighters drop 90 bombs on PorlockHarbor, damaging wharf and launch.

New Britain: B-17 on rcn strafesairdrome at Gasmata and bombs dumparea at C. Gloucester. Another attacksArawe, silencing machine gun positionsdestroying ammunition store, andsetting buildings on fire.

Canton I.: Enemy makes light airattack on Canton, dropping severalbombs; no damage results.

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England: PrimeMinister Churchill,in London broad-cast, proposessocial securityplan for Britainand a program forpost-war Interna-tional order, aworld organizationwith a Council ofEurope and aCouncil of Asia.

Germany: Hitlermaaes a speech in-Berlin, his first.public appearance

South Atlantic:SS Mariso (Dutchcargo ship, 7,659tons) torp. and sunkat 13-20 S, 37-25W

Aleutian Is.:Force of 5 B-24'sand 6 B-25's fromAdak bombs maincamp area at Kis-ka; from Amchitka,3 B-25's and forceof fighter bombers,in 5 attacks, bombKiska; resultsmainly unobserved'because of weather,but fire started W-of!, main aEp ....dur-'ig on'e attack.'

Belgium: SixMosquitos attackLouvain, startingfires, and 3 othersbomb targets nearAntwerp.

France: During9 RAF sorties overMorlaix at night,RR viaduct is hit.

France: Morlaixviaduct attacked atnight by Whirlwindbombers; 3 hitsscored.

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Russia: Sovietsrepot offensiveaction in Kuban are,and claim captureof Petrovsk, butfighting appears tobe on small-scaleonly. German drimalong Donets con-hins to gain; Rus-

sian~ report heavydefensive fightinginChi guyevy district,'and-Germans claimto have closed lastremaining gap inline of communica-

Italy: Seven B-24 s make nightraid on Naples; hitsscored on RR yards:own and mole; 1ship left burning.

Sicily: Twelve3pitfires with es-;ort make success-.ul low-level attackn factory at Poz-

7allo. Intruder?lanes destroy oriamage 16 locomo-;ives in Sicily and3 Italy.

Italy: Naples at-tacked for secondsuccessive night by5 B-24's; largefires started nearRR depot and oilinstallations.

Mediterranean:Force of B 25's-wthescort of P-38's,on anti-shippingsweep in SicilianChannel are en-gaged by 25 enemyfighters; escortattacked by un-specified number

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Tunisia: Enemy follows our with-irawal from Tamera slowly; positionsit Djebel Abiod shelled by Axisartillery. U.S. troops in central sectoroccupy high ground NW of Senedstation. In evening, British EighthArmy launches offensive against Axispositions on Mareth Line; one divisionadvances on N flank and establishesbridgehead between Mareth villageand coast, encountering strong opposi-tion. Another column moves N fromKsar Rhilane area toward El Hamma.

Wellingtons make night attack onFerryville docks; bursts observed iniockside area and on buildings; 1fire started. Allied planes pound enerrpositions in S throughout day andnight in support of ground forces. Es-corted Bostons, Baltimores andB-25's bomb gun positions, MT, and:roops in Mareth area, inflictingconsiderable damage; AA fire shootslown 2 Bostons. Fighter bombersraid tents near Gabes. Escortedmedium bombers make 2 attacks onAxis landing grounds in Djebel Tebagaarea, scoring hits on dispersed air-craft. Gabes attacked by 18 B-25'swith fighter escort; bursts observedin town and on buildings; all planesiamaged but returh. During night, 56heavy bombers attack enemy targetsin Mareth-Kettana sector. Landinggrounds SW of El Hamma attacked by33 B-25's; many hits scored; 4 firesstarted.

East Atlantic: SS Nortun (Panamanian cargo ship, 3,663 tons) torp. andsunk at 27-35 S, 14-22 E.

Tunisia: In early morning, Axis unitoccupy Nefza station; other troopsattack and capture Sidi Dahra whichour counterattack fails to recover.Djebel Abiod shelled by enemy artilleryIn central sector, enemy continues hisretreat E of El Guettar. U.S. infantryoccupies a line running from BouHamran to Djebel el Kreroura area;French and U.S. troops attack DjebelRouana; strong resistance encounteredand advance stopped W of Rouana - ElAsker line. In Mareth sector, Britishforces widen bridgehead; strongresistance encountered and heavyiig~hg continues through day andnigl

scoring 12 hits onadjacent RR yards;P-40's strafe theLrea.

Burma: SevenB-'25s attacking.Myitnge bridgescore hits N and Sof the bridge. Onefire starts atTaungzup as resultof bombing attackby 2 P-40 s. RAFBlenheims bombMyitson in Kathaarea.

India: Twenty-onEtwin-engine enemybombers escortedby fighters attackFeni airfield (SEBengal), causingsome casualtiesand damage.

Burma: EightP-40's bombMogaung, destroyin2 squ brl.bppothe t bD;P-40 |dama ~[ ercn i W y fkavarea damagea


Solomon Is.: Sixteen Allied fightersstrafe Munda, silencing a gun position.Force of SBD's escorted by fightersattacks Vila, hitting an AA battery andcamp area. Similar force bombsMunda; explosion results in dump area.

New Guinea: Finschafen bombed by2 B-24's on rcn flights; fires startedamong buildings.

Dutch B-25 attacks enemy AK off C.Van Den Bosch, scoring probable hitand near miss. At night, 3 Hudsonsattack shipping near Kaimana;,firesstarted on 1 vessel and in village.

Kei. Is.: Langgoer attacked by 2Dutch B-25's and later, by 3 RAAFHudsons; direct hits scored onbuildings.

N.E.I.: Five B-24's attack Ambon,dropping bombs in wharf area.

Solomon Is.: Enemy searchlightand AA installations at Kahili success-fully bombed by 9 B-17's and 9 B-24's;1 B-17 lands in water.

New Guinea: Madang town and air-drome bombed and strafed by an RAAFCatalina, which also strafes wharf are,at Finschafen; fires started at Madang.

Three enemy bombers carry out 22draid on Milne Bay, night of 21/22,dropping 10 bombs without effect. In-teropt i O probdbyYinis 1

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Germany: Wil-helmshaven bombedby 69 B-17's and 15B-24's; many hitsscored in docksarea although strongopposition from en-emy fighters en-countered fromFrisians to targetand for 50 mi. outto sea on returntrip; 28 enemyplanes destroyed,9 probably, 9 dam-aged; 3 of our bomb.ers missing.

France: Force of292 RAF- boffiberfiattacks St. Nazaiie'scormigmany hit^'in:dQcks ara: ieanid 3.aIge kexplosion

Eastern Europe

(Cont'd)tion with Orel sec-tor. Moscow ack-nowledges loss ofBelgorod, and re-ports repulse ofheavy Nazi attacksN of Zhisdra, about40 mi. NE of enemybase of Bryansk.Red Army forcesdriving towardSmolensk claimgains S qf Byelyiand report captureof RR station ofDurovo, 57 mi. NEof Smolensk. Ber-lin asserts Sovietattacks N of LakeIlmen and S of LakeLadoga collapsed,and reports heavyLuftwaffe raidsthroughout the pre-ceding weeks onBataisk, Voroshil-ovgrad, Leningrad,and Murmansk.

Russia: Enemyattacks W of Rostovbut no specificgains reported.Soviets reportheavy defensivefighting in Belgorodarea; Germansclaim gains in driveSW and NW ofKursk. Russiansclaim repulse ofheavy Nazi attacksN of Zhizdra, andGermans assert thaSoviet attacks SW oJVyazma failed. RedArmy troops inSmolensk sectorclaim occupation of'40 inhabited placesS of Byelyi and in-crease pressure on

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(Cont'd)of fighters; 11 de-stroyed, 1 probabl3and 1 damaged.Enemy convoy at-tacked; 1 merchantship left burning;near misses scoredon -naval escort.

Sicily: Force ofB-17's with escortof P-38's bombsPalermo harbor; 3merchant ships, 1coastal vessel, andseveral smallerships sunk; othershipping and harbo:installations dam-aged. Attack op-posed by 15-20 en-emy fighters; 6destroyed.

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(Cont'd)Column on W continues to push towardEl Hamma where Axis has concentra-tion of armored strength.Fighter planes make heavy raid on

tanks and personnel N of Sened.British offensive in S supported bycontinuous air activity. Force of3-26's and B-25's with escort of P-38'sbombs Djebel Tebaga landing ground;aits scored on 12 planes; enemyplanes intercept. B-17's escorted byP-38's make 3 attacks on sametarget;field covered with bombs; severalfires started. B-17's bomb El Hammalanding ground and one 5 mi. N of ElEamma. Fighter planes attack enemytargets SW of El Hamma. Force ofA-20's with Spitfire escort, onmission against Mezzouna landingground, is attacked by 16-20 JU-87'sescorted by ME-109's; 4 enemy air-craft destroyed, 4 probably, 2 damaged.B-25's escorted by Spitfires are in-:ercepted by 8 ME-109's at Mezzouna;I destroyed. Bostons, Baltimores, andB-25's, in waves of 18 with escort of34 P-40's make 9 attacks on enemy'sMareth positions. B-17's bomb Axis,amp in Gabes sector and town ofGabes. Seventeen B-25's escorted by24 P-40's bomb Gabes, starting fires;L8 enemy planes intercept; 1 damagedand 1 P-40 lost. Sfax bombed by 12Wellingtons. During night, enemy MTN of Mareth and S of Kettana bombed)y Wellingtons, Halifaxes, andAlbacores.Night of 21/22, naval gunboat

)ombards Gabes.Algeria: Bone attacked by 6 Italian

)ombers; bombs fall E of harbor.

Tunisia: Enemy shells our positionsLt Djebel Abiod; Axis fire in Bejasector decreases; artillery also activen area 5 mi. N of Bou Arada. In:entral sector, U.S. infantry attacks onine from Djebel Berda to area SW of)jebel Goussa to gain high ground at)jebel Kreroura; stiff resistance en-countered. Axis forces withdrawErom Maknassy to positions at DjebelBou Douaou; U.S. troops occupyMaknassy. Farther S, Allied forwardunits reach Djebel Rouana by lateafternoon without contacting enemy.At Algerian border, French infantrycontacts Axis elements at Djebel BouTerra; Camels Corps patrols reachDjebel el Asker; other units are ad-vancing from Ksar Rhilane to BirSuetarre. In Mareth sector, Axistroops launch strong counterattackin afternoon against British rightlnk4;heavy fighting ensues and by

destroy trucks andprobably sink 2paddle steamers.Fifteen B-24's at-tack Gokteik via-duct, probably des-troying 1 span ofbridge at N approachwith 2 direct hits.Myitnge bridge istarget for 6 B-24'swhich fail to locatethe viaduct; nohits scored. RAFengaged in usualsupport of groundaction; Tennantlanding groundsuccessfully bombe(by 3 RAF Libera-tors.

Japanese infiltra-tion in hills 6 mi.SE of Buthidaungreported.

Burma: 16 B-25'sin 2 attacks, furtherdamage Gokteikviaduct and protect-ing AA installations.RAF activity inbattle areascontinues; Promeroad bombed by 23Blenheims success-fully.

Indo-China: P-40'.on offensive rcnover Laokay area,strafe mine andrefinery area, rol-ling stock, andbuildings.

vessels; both attacks ineffective.Another B-24 unsuccessfully attacks3 small merchant vessels off SWDutch New Guinea.

New Britain: Single RAAF Catalinabombs and strafes Gasmata airdromein early morning, starting 2 fires onSE end of runway and causing ex-plosion and many small fires inbuilding area. Another attacks andprobably damages a large DD SE ofGasmata before daylight; DD proceedsat reduced speed trailing oil. OneB-24 bombs and sinks a 500-ton AK inBorgen Bay (E of C. Gloucester).

New Guinea: Finschafen runwayDombed by B-24 on rcn; no hits scored.

New Britain: Gasmata airdrome0ombed and strafed in coordinated at-tack by 4 B-24's and 9 Beaufighters;aits scored on runway, machine gunposition silenced, and fires started inzontrol tower and in fuel dump area.B-17 on rcn later bombs same area,starting 2 fires near runway.

Admiralty Is.: B-24 on rcn sightsand attacks enemy vessel in Lorengauiarbor.

Canton I.: Two Japanese planes in-affectively raid Canton I., dropping 6Dombs.

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Greenland: Smallenemy party forcesthe evacuation ofEsklmonaes, Hq ofthe NE Greenlandsledge patrol.

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(Cont'd)observed. Raid op-posed by Axis fight-er planes, moderateAA fire and smokescreen.

Holland; Twelveescorted Venturassuccessfully attackoil refinery nearRotterdam.

England: Duringnight, 15 enemyplanes operate overNE England, causingslight damage andcasualties at scat-tered points.

France: NantesLocomotive Workslamaged in low-level attack by :12VMosquitos whichscore many hits onthe buildings.England: Two FW.

L90's and 2 ME-10109's operate oversouth coast; 1 de-stroyed by AA fire.

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(Cont'd)the city from E.Enemy reportsfrustration of Sovie-attempts to breakthrough their linesS of Lake Ladoga arand SE of Leningrad

Russia: Sovietforces in Kuban areafurther' constrictNazi units by cross-ing Protoka R. andcapturing Slavyansk.Russians again re-)ort heavy defen-sive fighting in Bel-gorod area and fail-ire of enemy attempto cross Donets andestablish a bridge-iead E of Belgorod.Germans claimsteady advance in[rive toward Kursk.Aoscow announceshat the unsuccess-ul German attacks

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Southern Europe

Sicily: Messinabombed by 21 B-24's; bursts andfires observed atoil storage tanks,drydocks, ferryterminal, RR sta-tion, and power sta-tion; intense AAfire and enemyplanes oppose at-tack; 1 plane shotdown. Six RAFplanes attack Mes-sina, scoring hitsin ferry area.

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Maknassy bombed several timesduring day. E of Gafsa, Spitfires en-counter 8 ME-109's and 2 JU-88's; 2ME-109's destroyed, 2 damaged.During night, Allied bombers attackSfax. Hurricanes and Kittyhawks bombenemy troops and tanks in El Hammaarea; 32 tanks hit, 9 destroyed; 4armored cars destroyed. Mediumbombers make daylight raid on enemylanding grounds at Mezzouna, scoringaits among dispersed aircraft. Lightbombers three times attack enemyconcentrations S of Zarat; enemyplanes oppose attack; 3 destroyed, 5probably, and 7 damaged; 2 Alliedplanes lost. Fighter planes on)ffensive sweeps over Axis forward:roops destroy 9 enemy aircraft,probably destroy 4, and damage 3.Night of 22/23, 45 heavy bombersattack MT along road in Kettana area;several fires started. Roads in Zaratarea bombed by 18 B-25's escortedby 12 P-40's; hits scored amongDispersed aircraft; fires and explosionsobserved. Eighteen enemy planesinsuccessfully attempt interceptionnut intense, accurate AA fire destroysI bomber. Fighter escort attacked bymnemy planes of which 1 is probablyDestroyed and 2 damaged.East Atlantic: SS City of Christchurcl

(British cargo ship, 6,009 tons) sunk)y aircraft at 39-28 N, 12-38 W.

Tunisia: Heavy fighting continues incentral sector where U.S. troops areattempting to gain occupation of highground E of Maknassy. Axis armoredanits counterattack in early morningE and SE of El Guettar; attack is re-pulsed and 20 of approximately 50snemy tanks destroyed. Attack inafternoon is also repulsed. Frenchforces advancing E along ChottDjeridencounter determined enemy resistanceenemy armored patrols repulsed N of:he Chott. Axis forces in SE launchstrong counterattack against bridge-head through N end of Mareth Line andregain most of lost ground; duringnight, British withdraw E of WadiZigzaou. Allied forces approachingEl Hamma meet heavy opposition fromenemy tanks, but advance slowly.

Force of B-17's with fighter escortattacks Bizerta; enemy planes inter-cept;^w destroyed, 3 probably, and 1

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India: Enemyplanes make pre-dawn attack on RAFairdrome 15 mi. SEof Chittagong,(Dohanzari),damaging 8 planes.(S Bengal)

Burma: ThaziRR junction suc-cessfully bombedby 7 B-25's; roll-ing stock, ware-houses, tracks, andother installationsconsiderably dam-aged. Magwe air-field bombed atnight by Wellingtons.Nine B-25's inflictheavy damageno (Meiktilabarracks f |

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Solomon Is.: Enemy positions atRekata Bay strafed by force of P-38's.At night, 2 enemy planes attackGuadalcanal,'destroying 3 B-24's and 1B-17 and damaging other planes; nocasualties result.

New Guinea: . Salamaua attacked 3times by total of 3 RAAF A-20's, 6B-25's, and B-24 on rcn; buildingsbombed and strafed and runway bombecwith unobserved results. Six A-20'sbomb and strafe Mubo area.

New Britain: Total of-27 B-17's, in 3flights, attack Lakunai, Rapopo, andVunakanau airdromes in Rabaul area;many small and 2 large fires result,an AA position is silenced, and an8,00(ton vessel off C. Gazelle is left burningGasmata airdrome attacked by.2 AdHedplanes on rcn-flights. " iK. ; | ,

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Aleutian Is.: Tota3f 9 B-24's, 3 B-!5's, and 12 P-38's:arry out 5 attacksin Kiska targets;new runway nearBalmon Lagoon,North Head, andnain camp bombed;weather hampers)bservation of re-sults, bat hits ob-served at Northlead and in main;amp ara; Ioder-Lta\fire dam-

ages lB-24, but all>ur planes return.

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England: Ashfordbombed by 8 ME-109's and 6 FW-190's; considerabledamage inflicted onSouthern RR worksand casualties topopulation reported.About 25 Axisplanes bomb ascattered area in NEngland and S Scot-land, droppingbombs in EdinburghGlasgow, Peebles,-and Tyneside area;3 destroyed, 1 dam-aged.

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. (Cont'd)the enemy N ofDukhovshihina arerepulsed. Nazisreport collapse ofrenewed Soviet at-tacks S of LakeLadoga.

Russia: Russianforces in Caucasusiave futher con-stricted Nazi unitsin Kuban bridgeheacwith capture ofAbinsk, NE of Nov-orossisk. Germansagain attempt tocross N Donets butare reported re-pulsed by Red Arm3roops. Enemycounteroffensive onKursk front isslowed by muddyconditions; engage-ments on small-scale only. Sovietsin Smolensk areacontinue to forceenemy back; Saf- /onovo, N of

Southern Europe

Sicily: NineteenB-24 s bomb Mes-sina; RR yards leftsmoking; firesstarted at navalstorage tanks andin vicinity of ferry.Ten enemy aircraftintercept; 2 de-stroyed. Force ofB-17's escorted byP-38's attacksshipping in Palermcharbor; 1 ship ex-plodes violently.

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(Cont'd)damaged; 1 Spitfire lost. Sfax - ElMaou airdrome bombed during nightby 6 Leo-45's and 6 Bisleys. EnemyMT and troop concentrations in Gabesarea bombed by 17 B-25's; 4 hitsscored on road junction; AA firedamages 3 of our aircraft. Gabes alsoattacked by force of 24 planes; hitsscored on moving targets and firesstarted. Escorted light bombers raidenemy concentrations E of El Guettar,scoring hits on MT and tanks, andstarting fires. Hurricanes make 2attacks on tanks, MT, and bivouacs insame .area. Allied planes make 180light and medium bomber sortiesagainst Zarat and roads in nearvicinity, scoring hits on MT, roads,and strongpoints; fires and explosioncaused in' village. Zarat also attackedby 12 B-25's which start severalfires;3 of our bombers damaged by AAfire. RAF planes usccessfully bombtargets in Arram area and region S ofEl Hamma. Twelve B-25's bomb MTand-troops around Mareth; resultsunobserved. During night of 23/24,Wellingtons, Halifaxes, andAlbacoresattack MT concentrations on Mareth -Aganes road, starting Several fires.Fighter planes continually strafe tanks,Lorries, and troops in battle area.

Mediterranean: British PT boatsattack 4 enemy vessels, probablySiebel ferries, off Gulf of Tunis; 1damaged by torpedo, 1 by gunfire.

SS Windsor Castle (British cargoship, 19,141 tons) sunk by aircraft at37-00 N, 01-40 E.

Algeria: Fourteen Axis torpedoplanes operate over Bay of Bougie.

Tunisia: Operation on N. front con-fined to patrolling. Enemy infantrylaunches small, unsuccessful attackin Djebel Berda - El Guettar sector.First Armored Division continuesoperations in Maknassy area. InMareth sector, spasmodic shellingand patrolling activities only are re-ported. Forces S of El Hamma makeslight gains; patrols reach foothills ofDjebel Tebaga range.

Force of B-17's escorted by P-38'sbombs Ferryville shipping, coveringentire dock area with bombs andcausing a large explosion and severalfires; hits scored on 1 medium and 2small merchant ships; 14 enemyplanes attempt interception. Bisleysmake effective night attack on MT on'roads around Sousse, Sfax, Fondouk,-and Faid. In aerial combat near ElGuettar, Allied planes destroy 1 FW-lRQad 1 ME-109. Hurricanes withb.

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(Cont'd)the airdrome, ware-houses in town area,and a twin-enginebomber on grounddestroyed, and mainlanding strip isdamaged by directhits. Two of 5 in-tercepting Zerosare damaged.

Indo-China: TwoP-40's on offensivercn over Laokay-Dong Cuong areadamage locomotives,buildings at DongCuong airdrome,and trucks loadedwith troops.

India: ThreeJapanese heavybombers and 2fighters ineffectivelyattack Chittagongairdrome. AdvancedRAF landing stripis bombed byanother enemy plane

Burma: Avabridge at Sagaingattackedby 2 B-17's,and boats nearSagaing strafed.B-24's, attackingMyitnge bridge,[render it unservice-able by-hits on bothapproaches., Maymycengine sheds un-successfully bombedby 8 B-25's. RAFLiberators drop 8


Solomon Is.: Three RAAF Catalinasbomb dispersal bays and runway atBuka during early morning. Kahiliheavily attacked by 18 TBF's and 3B-17's; fires started in camp andrevetment areas.

New Guinea: Enemy positions in Mubiarea bombed and strafed by 5 RAAFA-20's and 4 RAAF Beaufighters;machine gun position silenced. Buildingnear Lae airdrome bombed by B-17 onrcn. Three enemy fighters interceptB-17 on rcn over Wewak; 1 enemyplane shot down, another possibly des-troyed.

Milne Bay and Oro Bay ineffectivelyraided by 3 and 1 enemy planes,respectively.

Dutch B-25 attacks 5,000-ton AK atKaimana, scoring near miss; 1 of 3 in-tercepting Zeros damaged. AnotherDutch B-25 attacks 2 500-ton vessels12 mi. S of Kaimana Bay, scoring near

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Syria and LebanonGeneral Catrouxrestores free con-stitution of Leb-anon Republic anddecrees that gen-eral elections beheld within 3months for aChamber of Dep-uties which willthen elect a Pres-ident of theRepublic.Russia-Japan:

Soviet - JapaneseF.lshing ConventionLs prolonged for1943 by agreementsigned in Kuiby-shev.

U.S.: Adminis-;ration of FoodProduction andDistribution to beieaded by ChesterC. Davis.

Portugal: TheVichy Minister,the Consul, andofficials of theLegation resign.


THEATERS

Aleutian Is.: En-emy installationsat Kiska attacked 3times; 4 P-38'smake low-level at-tack on hangar and-amp area, strafingInstallations andtroops withoutopposition; secondmission of 3 B-25'sbombs main campand beach, scoringhits in both areas;Large volume ofight AA fire en-countered; 11 B-M4's bomb runwayiear Salmon La-goonj North Head,and submarine areascoring hits on alltargets; medium Adire slightly dam-iges 1 B-24, but alllanes of the 3 mis-sions return. ,-

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iidustria (Swedish:argo ship, 1,688:ons) torp. and sunkit 11-40 S, 35-55W,

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France: SixWhirlwind bombersmake successfulattack on RR centerat Abbeville.

Germany: Duis-burg attacked by457 RAF bomberswhich drop manytons of incendiaries

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(Cont'd)Dorogobuzh, cap-tured, and gainsreported N of Duk-ovshina. Germansreport violent fighting S of LakeLadoga and repulseof Soviet plane andartillery attack.Air activity on bothsides is increasingsteadily.

Russia: Sovietsreport slight gainsin Kuban region.Germans reportfighting of local im-portance in upperDonets area and ap-pear to be consoli-dating their posi-tions. Soviets claimenemy attempts toestablish positionsin Belgorod areaand N of Chuguyevare unsuccessful.Germans assertRussian attacks Sof Lake Ladoga areweakening and arestill unsuccessful.

Russia: Russiansadvance slightly inKuban region.Soviets report re-pulse of enemy

Southern Europe

Italy: Malta-based intruderplanes machine-gun RR station,signal boxes, andtrains in suburbsof Rome, at CampoLeone, and Cis-terna.. Mediterranean:Axis convoy at-tacked by B-26'sescorted by P-38's:hits on 12,000-tontroop ship causeexplosions and setit on fire; directhit and near missesscored on largemerchant ship; hitDbserved on escortvessel; strong airopposition encount-ered.

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Force of Bisleys makes successfulnight raid on Tebaga landing ground.Twelve Spitfires attack Mezzouna air-drome, destroying 2 FW-190's. Zaratattacked by 24 U.S. planes which drop37,650 pounds of bombs, startingseveral fires. Five attacks made bylight and medium bombers on enemyarmored forces at Mareth village; 1big explosion observed. Hurricanesattack group of 16 enemy tanks in ElEamma area; 6 destroyed, 1 damaged.Enemy aircraft make several minor'ighter bomber raids on forwardareas.

Tunisia: Enemy unsuccessfullyattacks our positions at Djebel Abiod;several patrol clashes occur. Enemypatrols advance slightly in DjebelMansour area. Small Axis attackagainst U.S. positions in Maknassysector repulsed. U.S. armored forcecontinues attack on enemy positionsin pass 7 mi. E of Maknassy. Britishforces in Mareth sector push towardToujane; 1 brigade reaches Hallouf byevening. Commanding ground inDjebel Tebaga area captured by N.Z.:roops.

Sousse shipping bombed by 22 B-17'swhich sink 1 small ship and score hiton largp ship. Escorted bombers at-tack RR junction W of Sfax with goodresults. Medium bombers attackDjebel Tebaga airdrome. FifteenAllied planes, attacking Axis positionsin Mareth area, start several fires.Second raid, by 26 planes, results inmany fires, and damage to enemy inthis area. Hurricanes bomb MT E ofEl Guettar. Fighter planes strafesnemy troops and equipment in battlearea throughout day. From dusk tolawn, 155 sorties, made by heavy,medium, and light bombers againstsnemy concentrations in El Hammasector. /

Mediterranean: SS Sergeant Gouarn(French cargo ship, 1,147 tons) torp.and sunk at 35-56 N, 03-00 W.

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(Cont'd)ons of bombs onToungoo airfield ataight.

India: RAF air-irome 15 mi. SE ofChittagong(Dohanzari) raidedDy 6 enemy bombersand 3 fighters; 6RAF planes damage,and an AA positionait.Enemy force of 15planes is intercepteover Ramu and 1mnemy plane damagec

Burma: RR yardsat Maymyo attackedEor 2d successivelay by 8 B-25's; hitscored on sheds andtracks and largeEires result.

Enemy force,which had made un-detected crossingfrom E bank ofMayu R., engagesBritish in Nanraarea, 14 mi. N ofDonbaik.

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New Britain: Catalina and B-17on rcn flights bomb Gasmata.

Kei. Is.: Langgoer and nearbyvillages attacked twice by total of 5RAAF Hudsons and 4 B-25's; hitsscored on several buildings.

Solomon Is.: Enemy barges andnstallations at Roviana Lagoon at-acked by 8 F4F's.New Guinea: Five A-20's attack

rtores and buildings at Salamaua, and.B-17's bomb Lae; results of both at-acks unobserved. Two Allied fighters;hoot down enemy bomber on rcn at)yke Ackland Bay.New Britain: Rabaul bombed during

!arly morning by 8 B-24's; explosionsmd large fires result in town area, but;earchlights prevent observation of>ther results. One B-17 bombs Ubili.t half-hour intervals for 3 hours. '.nother bombs Gasmata, scoring hitsan wharf and buildings.N.E.I.: Shipping and wharf area atnmbon attacked by 6 B-24's; hits

;cored on 2 merchant vessels and onwharf; fires started in town. Of 4-6ntercepting enemy planes, 1 is destroy*d and others damaged.

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members of VichyCabinet resign.

U.S.: PresidentRo6sevelt nomin-ates John K. Cald-well as U.S. ConsulGeneral and Min-ister Resident toEthiopia.

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North Africa:General Giraudappoints ReneMayer, formerFrench NationalRailways Admin-istrator, as Com-munications Sec-retary in NorthAfrica, the firstFrench Jew to re-ceive an importantpost under existingregime.


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Four B-25's, re-turning from searctfor convoy, makelow-level attack onradar, hangar, andmain camp at Kiskahits observed in alltarget areas; no AAfire encounteredduring attack.

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cuiu nJm, LIclwuung145 4,000-lb. bombs.Heavy cloud encoun-tered over targetbut bombs, dis-persed over a widearea, start manyfires; heavy AAfireopposes attack; 6bombers missing.

France - Belgium:Fighters and fighterbombers attacktransport and otherobjectives in Bel-gium and N France,damaging 2 electric.al transformers anddestroying or dam-aging several loco-motives.

Germany: Forceof 342 RAF bombersand 54 Pathfindersdrops over 1,000tons of HE and in-cendiaries on Ber-lin in heaviest at-tack on the city todate. Fires startedall over city butespecially in N andS sections, and 1large explosion ob-served. ModerateAA fire encountered6 bombers, 3 Path-finders missing.

Holland; FiveMosquitos makeeffective low-levelattack on engineworks at Hengelo.

Eastern Europe

attacks IN 01 unug-uyev and in Belgoroarea and gains S ofByelyi, where cap-ture of several pop.ulated places isclaimed. Berlinreports unsuccess-ful, and considerabliweaker, Soviet at-tacks S of LakeLadoga.

Enemy air activityincreases; Nazisannounce Luftwafferaid on the harborof Gelendzhik onthe Black Sea, onLeningrad, and onRR targets.

Russia: Enemyreports repulse ofSoviet attack, on Nfront of Kubanbridgehead; Sovietsannounce that 34German planeshave been shot dowiin aerial combatin this region in thelast 3 days. En-gagements of localimportance continuein Donets area.Soviet forces S ofLake Ilmen appearto be consolidatingtheir positions.Germans claimfrustration of weakRussian attacks Sof Lake Ladoga.

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Tebaga - Matmata sector, light tankscreen faces our advance. EnemyMT observed moving N from ElHamma. To SW, Camel Corpsplatoons advance toward Douz. In thenorth, activity is largely confined topatrolling and offensive rcn but smallraid on enemy positions N of DjebelAng is successful.

Bisleys attacking Sfax score hits ontrain, fuel dump, and dock ware-houses. In the south, 3 formations ofbombers followed by 20 squadrons offighter bombers attack enemy troopsand MT S of El Hamma for 2-1/2 hourspreceding ground attack; 80 MT des-troyed and 200 damaged. Oneformation of ME-109's engaged; 3damaged. Djebel Tebaga landingground attacked twice by A-20's andonce by B-25's, all with fighterescort; hits scored on dispersedaircraft, field, shelters; heavy AAfire damages many of our planes;enemy aircraft oppose attacks; 1 des-troyed, 1 probably, and 1 damaged.

Algeria: Six enemy bombers attackshipping in Algiers harbor; SS EmpireStandard (British cargo ship, 7,047tons) sunk; 2 enemy planes shotdown.

Mediterranean: SS Prins WillemHI (Dutch cargo ship, 1,524 tons) sunkby aircraft at 37-00 N, 02-14 E.

Tunisia: Violent fighting continuesS of El Hamma; British troops makearmored thrust in early morning andreach point 2 mi. from El Hamma.Enemy tanks reported withdrawing Eof Wadi el Merteba. Mopping upoperations after preceding day's battlemeet enemy resistance. At dusk,patrols are in area between DjebelAziza and Djebel Halouga, just S ofEl Hamma. About 40 Axis tanks makeevening attack SW of Djebel Azizabut are repulsed. Enemy forces inMareth positions decrease. CamelCorps platoons occupy Sabria; Frenchdisperse enemy motorized detachmentnear Oued el Alri on Kebili - Abir ounAli road during night. In centralsector, Allied forces continue attackson enemy and occupy Fondouk.Farther N, Italian patrols contactedat Djebel Touila; British forces makeslight gains on coastal area.

Force of Spitfires in Sfax area in-tercepts 8 escorted ME-210's, des-troying 1 and damaging 2; 2 Spiftfires

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(Cont'd)3ox's Bazaar; AA'ire damages 1.

Burma: Nlght 0126/27, 6 B-24;s min.angoon R., while3 others bomb Ran-goon and Mingaladonlirdrome; despiteaffective blackout,nany hits believedscored in airdromeand town areas.RAF Blenheims)omb Monywa andMayu Peninsula,and Beaufighters at-tack airdrome atroungoo.

Maungdaw twiceattacked by total of25 escorted enemy)ombers; gasolinestores and ammuni-tion dump hit andcasualties inflicted.Ten Hurricanes in-tercept, destroying1 fighter anddamaging 1 bomber;Hurricanes undama-ged.;

India: Twoformations of 28 escorted bombers at-tack Cox's Bazaarand shipping inNaaf R., causinglittle damage;Hurricanes inter-cept destroying 10,probably 3 more,and damaging 7;AA fire destroys 2and damages 2 moreno Hurricanes lost.

Burma: Libera-tors drop 8 tons ofbombs on Toungooairfield at night;fires started indispersal area.

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New Guinea: Villages at Waria R.mouth and Dona landing ground re-ported clear of the enemy. Saidor (50mi. SE of Madang) reported occupiedby the enemy.

Town and shipping at Wewak attackedduring early morning by 9 B-17's;medium merchant ship badly damaged;half-ton bombs dropped on town, wharf,and runway with unobserved results.Enemy positions in Lae, Salamaua, andMubo areas heavily bombed and strafedby Bostons and Beauforts; at Salamauaa large explosion results and an AAposition is hit; fires started in othertarget areas.

Seven enemy bombers raid Merauke,damaging buildings. Single enemyplane ineffectively raids Oro Bay beforedawn.

Canton I.: Two enemy planes bombCanton I., destroying 1 PBY on runway.

Nauru I.: Six Catalinas bomb enemyPositions on Nauru I. with unobservedresults. Later, 5 B-24's attack theIsland, dropping bombs on runway,wharf, barracks area, and officers'quarters; 4 fires result; explosion andolack smoke observed from runwaywhere planes are believed hit.

Solomon Is.: Munda bombed by 9TBF's escorted by 12 fighters;

supply dump destroyed and 1 firestarted. Another force of 9 TBF's es-corted by 10 fighters bombs Vila,starting 6 fires. Six SBD's escortedby 7 fighters bomb and strafe positionsat Ugali, NE coast of Rendova I., des-troying 1 building and setting another orfire.

New Guinea: Japanese 8,000-ton AKin Bogia harbor (between Wewak andMadang) bombed and strafed by B-24on rcn; probable hit and 2 near missesscored. Four A-20's bomb Lae area.At night, Lae and Salamaua bombedand strafed by 4 B-25's; 1 B-25 ismissing.

Twenty-five enemy medium bombersand about 15 dive bombers, escortedby fighters, attack sZipping and wharfat Oro Bay; SS| Masaya; (U.S. cargo,shipgj'ajg7 to'!andi g Bantam (Dutchcargo ship, 3,322 tons) sunk; wharfdamaged and some casualties inflicted.Allied fighters intercept, destroying 13

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Chile: Vice-President Wallaceaddresses crowdof 80,000 in San-tiago stating thatthe Americas muslsafeguard the cul-ture of the westand remove fromthe world the Naziand Fascist plague

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Western Europe

France: Marshal-ling yards at Rouenattacked inafternoorby 70 B-17's; hitsscored in and aroundlocomotive sheds ancin yards; slight tomoderate AA fireand 20-35 enemyfighters encounter-ed; 5 destroyed, 4probably, 1 dam-aged; 1 B-17 miss-ing, 6 damaged.

St. Nazaire attack-ed during night by323 RAF bomberswho drop over 600tons of bombs,causing large firesand explosions;weak, spasmodicAA fire encountered

Low Countries:Twently-four es-corted Venturasattack shipping andship-building yardsat Rotterdam effec-tively.Factories at Liege

attacked at low-levelby 6 Mosquitos, ofwhich 2 are missing

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Russia: Occasion-il artillery duels W)f Rostov reported.Soviets claim frus-tration of enemy at-tempts to establishpositions on E bank)f Donets R. Ger-mans captureSievsk, NW of Kursk,after house to houseUighting which isreported to havebeen going on sev-eral days. Opera-tions in Smolensksector hampered bythaws and mud;Local engagementssnly reported.

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(Cont'd)missing. P-40's make 2 attacks onAxis transport on Gabes - El Hammaroad. In first, 4 MT and 1 tank seton fire, 50 MT damaged; in second,targets found dispersed and intenseAA fire encountered. Spitfires en-counter 10 JU-88's about to attackAllied ground forces S of El Hamma;2 destroyed, 3 damaged,;afd remainderforced to jettison bombs on their owntroops.

Mediterranean: About 12 enemyplanes again attack east-bound convoybetween Djidjelli and Bougie in earlymorning; 7 enemy aircraft shot down;SS Empire Rowan (British cargo ship,3,322 tons) sunk at 37-16 N, 06-54 E.

SS City of Guildford (British cargoship, 5,557 tons) sunk by SS at33-00 N, 22-50 E.

Tunisia: Eighth Army continuesadvance, occupying Arram and Marethby evening; forward elements reachLine about 2 mi. beyond Zarat -Mareth road. Other units occupyToujane, Zelten, and Matmata.Enemy resistance in El Hamma areadecreasing; Axis tank force effectivelyengaged; Allied units reach GhirZouitinat. New Zealand troops pushtoward Gabes. Allied troops capturehigh ground N and S of Gafsa - Gabesroad in area between Djebel Berdaand Djebel Chemsi despite stubbornenemy resistance. Axis tanks makeunsuccessful attack on French posi-tions in Djebel Berda area; CamelCorps forces occupy Douz; enemyresistance encountered N of here.Axis units in Ousseltia Valley engaged3 of Djebel Halfa; other troops drivenErom strong point SW of DjebelMansour. In N, British move E alongDjebel Abiod - Sedjenane road, meet -ing stubborn opposition; Axis counter-attack repulsed and our troops reachDjebel Choucha area by evening.

Haze and sandstorms hinder bomberactivities, but fighters and fighterbombers-harass enemy on all fronts.Fifty-five Wellingtons, Halifaxes, andAlbacores make night attack on AxisMT concentrations in Oudref area;many fires started. Medium and heav3aombers-effectively raid enemy onOudref - Sfax road-while Axis c6dmmuni-Fations in Sfax - Sousse - Kairouanregion are bombed by other groups.Eurricanes successfully bomb tanksmd guns NE of Maknassy.

Mediterranean: SS Roushhi[Egyptian cargo ship, 128 tons) sunk b333S at 31-46 N, 34-23 E.

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India: Enemy raidon Chittagong re-)orted.Burma: British

F7th Brigade, en-:ountering stiff op-)osition, is attempt-ng to withdraw.Enemy strengthappears to be in-creased in NanraLrea and infiltra-ion continues.Rangoon R. mined

by force of 5 B-24's.Allied planes carryout light raids onMeiktila, Naba RRstation, Toungooairdrome, and tar-get in battle area.P-40's on offensivercn damage gaso-line drums atChefang; firesvisible for 50 mi.

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(Cont'd)snemy planes and probably 12 others;1 P-40 missing. Two enemy planesraid Kurireda (2-1/2 mi. S of Ioma);no damage results.

Tanimbar Is.: Two rcn B-24's bombSaumlakki, damaging buildings alongwaterfront.

Ellice Is.: Two Allied fighters in-tercept 4 enemy bombers 20 mi. NWof Funafuti, destroying 1 of the bomberand forcing the others to withdrawwithout dropping bombs.

New Guinea: Enemy and Alliedpatrols clash in Observation Hill area.

One B-17 scores hits in building areaat Madang, and strafes 2 loaded enemybarges N of Finschafen, setting 1 onfire. Single RAAF Catalina bombs andstrafes Finschafen; fires result in air-drome and wharf areas.

New Britain: B-17 on rcn scoresbomb hits on Gasmata runway; singleRAAF Catalina bombs and strafesenemy working parties on C. Glouceste:airdrome.

Aroe Is.: Two Hudsons bomb andstrafe Dobo, starting fires in jettyarea.

Kei Is.: Langgoer unsuccessfullyattacked by B-25.

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Aleutian Is.: SixB-24's, 6 B-25's,and 12 P-38's bomblanding strip areaat Kiska, hittingthe runway; fight-ers strafe runway,main camp, andgun installations;5 Allied planesdamaged by AAfire

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Germany: Berlinattacked during nighby 329 bomberswhich start heavyfires in SE, NE, SWttiu ceimer Lat.rL.o:-moderate, light andheavy AA fire en-countered; 21 bomb-ers missing.

Night of 29/30, 157RAF bombers attach; chum; many fires."-rrl -tner ce1nter

of ' fn; 1 large ex-pic .on reported.Ground defenseswell-organized:moderate AA firecombined with searcsearchlights. 12planes missing.

Holland: Shippingand shipyards atRotterdam and RRobjective NE ofDordrecht bombedby 39 escortedVenturas.

England: FourFW-190's bombBrighton and Hove,mausing casualtiesand slight damage;Typhoons intercept,destroying 1 enemyplane; 1 Typhoonshot down.North Atlantic:

East-bound Alliedconvoy attacked byanemy SS's about500 mi. NW of Ire-land; following shipssunk at 46-44 N, 16-38 W: SS Empire

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tfnria (British carYo chip, 6,852 tons),3S Nagara (British;argo ship, 8,791:ons).

Eastern Europe

Russia: Sovietsclaim sinking of4,000-ton enemytransport in BlackSea. Enemy patrol%ctlvity in region oV-t lle and upper

Donets is reported.Soviets attacking orsmall scale inSmolensk sectorbut no materialchange in situationreported. Germansclaim repulse ofrenewed Soviet at-tacks S of LakeIlmen and S of LakeLadoga. Consider-able air activity onboth sides is car-ried out.

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Mediterranean to Freetown attackedby Axis SS's S of Canary Islands:SS Lagosian (British cargo ship,5,449 tons) and SS Silverbeech (Britishcargo ship, 5,319 tons) torp. and sunkat 25-35 N, 15-55 W.

SS Granicos (Greek cargo ship,3,689 tons) torp. and sunk at 00-00 N,16-30 W.

Tunisia: British troops occupy ElHamma and Gabes; isolated enemyposts reported still in area. Forwardtroops contact Axis rear guard posi-tions at Metouia and Oudref. Alliedforces continue attacks in Fondoukarea and occupy high ground S ofFondouk; small Infantry attacks inMaknassy area repulsed. A smallnumber of enemy tanks make slightprogress in Pichon area but withdrawafter our counterattack. Enemy re-treat N and E from Djebel Abiodcontinues; Medjes el Bab shelled byAxis artillery.

Throughout day, fighter bombers at-tack enemy retreating N of Gabes.Hurricanes successfully attack troopconcentrations in Mezzouna area.Escorted fighter bombers twice raidZitouna and landing ground. EnemyFighters intercept our patrols inMareth - Gabes area. Our forces nearEl Guettar bombed and strafed in earlyafternoonby9 FW-190'sand ME-109's;5ther Axis fighter planes make inter--eption flights in Faid - Maknassysector. Allied fighter bombers attackanemy in Oudref -- Sfax area, destroy-Ing 50 MT and damaging 250. Nightattack by light bombers on enemy inDudref - Sfax area results in destruc-:ion of 3 enemy planes on ground andiamage to 12; Axis planes intercept;3 of these destroyed, 5 damaged.Fighters on sweeps over central andaorthern Tunisia destroy 10 Axis.lanes and damage 2. Nineteen air-2raft attack Sfax landing ground; hitsscored on 4 Axis planes and 2 firesstarted on airdrome. Enemy planeslake strafing and dive-bombingattacksm road targets in Sedjenane sector.East Atlantic: Convoy for Freetown

again attacked by enemy U-boats andSS Moanda (Belgian cargo ship, 4,621tons) torp. and sunk at 24-44 N, 16-48W.

SS Celtic Star (British cargo ship, ..5,575 tons) presumed sunk at 04-08 Nj17-33 W. N 6

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Burma: Japanesecontinue to infiltratethrough Mayu Hillsfrom the East;enemy forces be-lieved consolidatingin hills in Nanraarea.

Four B-24's attaclTavoy, on Tenass-erim coast, scoring4 direct hits indockarea, which possiblydestroy miningplant and office;other hits scoredamong camouflagedbuildings; on returntrip buildings onAlguada Reef strafe(and a 100-ft. ship,possibly minesweeper, bombedand strafed. SevenP-40's attack enemyHq 1 mi. N ofMaingkwan, settingbuilding on fire, andstrafe enemy colunuaear Shingbwiyand.Enemy positionsnear Sumprabum3ombed and strafedDy 8 P-40's, while2 more attacktruckiepot at Hpungizup.rrucks in vicinity)f Paneng strafed)y 2 P-40's. OtherP-40's on offensivercn successfullystrafe storage tankAt Bhamo, drums at2hefang, and loco-notives near LashioEeho airdrome)ombed by 6 Welling.;ons; other RAFlane^cqntinueto,

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Solomon Is.: Seven B-17's, 13 TBF'sand 5 B-24's bomb Buin area, scoringhits in revetment area and on runway atKahili. Enemy seaplane base at Faisiattacked by 5 P-38 s and 1 F4U; 5-7~nemy planes set on fire. ReturningErom the mission, the formation sightsand strafes an enemy DD near Alu I.(SE of Shortland I.), leaving it smoking.

New Guinea: Patrol clashes continuein Observation Hill area.Rcn B-17 bombs Madang and strafes

villages in Saidor area. P-38's shootiown enemy rcn plane over Dobodura.

Six enemy bombers raid Oro Bayoefore dawn, setting small petrol dumpon fire.

New Britain: Airdromes at Gasmataand C. Gloucester bombed by singleAllied rcn planes; results unobservedat Gasmata, but bombs cause explosion,possibly on supply dump, near runwayat C. Gloucester.Kei Is.: Toeal and nearby villages

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Aleutian Is.: KiskE:aided 4 times by;otal of 5 B-24's, 6B-25's, and P-38's;radar Installation be.ieved destroyed,.arge explosion and*ire result in sub-marine base area,emd hits scored on7arlous other instalations; same areamd personnel5trafed; Little Kiska)ombed by 4 of the?-38's. One B-243hot down and sev-.ral other Alliedlanes damaged bykA fire.Four B-24's, withP-38's as cover,

)omb runway atHoltz Bay, Attu,,coring hits in tar-get area; intense A.'ire damages 1 B-24.

Aleutian Is.:Allied fightersmake sweep overKiska.

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Holland: Philipsradio works at Ein-dhoven attacked by9 Mosquitos, withgood results.

France: Mos-quitos damage a15,000-ton enemyship off Lorient andlocomotive in Brit-tany.

England: EightFW-190 s make lowlevel attack on Sal-combe and BoltHeacairfield, causingsome casualties anddamage.

North Atlantic:East-bound convoyagain attacked; SSEmpire Bowman(British cargo ship,7,031 tons) torp.and sunk at 48-05 N,15-00 W.

Holland: Force of72-B-17's and 24B-24's dispatched tcattack Rotterdamshipyards, but, be-cause of heavy cloudcover, only 33 B-17's are able to seetarget; slight AAEire and mediocre X

Eastern Europe

Russia: Sovietsrenew attacks inKuban area butGermans appear tobe successfully de-fending their posi-tions. Moscowannounces sinkingof 2,000-ton enemytransport in BlackSea. Russiansclaim gains S ofByelyi; enemy re-ports repulse ofattacks SW ofVyazma and S ofLake Ilmen. Berlinasserts that Ger-man defense inStaraya Russa areahas successfullyheld against allSoviet attempts,for several weeks,to break it. RedArmy attacks S ofLake Ladoga againfail to achievematerial gains.The spring thaw isnow hamperingoperations on theN front.

Russia: Sovietforces attack inKuban area andcapture Anastas-evsk; units W ofRostov report re.pu.e oTene,-y at-tempts. to advance.Russians repel re-newed German'

Southern Europe

Italy: Three U.S.planes bomb Cro-tone chemical fac-tory; hits scoredon RR yards, ware-house, buildingsand center of factor:area. Valentia air-drome also successfully attacked.

Sardinia:Cagllarl harbor,Monserat, Villac-.dro, and Decimo-aannu airdromesbombed by 95 B-L7's; 9 enemyIlanes destroyed.At Cagliari, hitsscored on 2 large

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Fighters attack enemy defensivefighter screen on entire front; 12enemy planes destroyed, 7 probably,and 8 damaged; 6 of our aircraft lost.Medium and light bombers constantlyattack Axis ground forces moving inEl Guettar - Gabes direction; mediumbombers raid enemy landing groundsand concentrations W of Gabes, start-ing many fires. Fighters and fighterbombers, attacking same targets,destroy 12 MT and damage manyothers. Escorted B-25's andBalti -mores make 2 attacks on Sfax landingground, setting 2 aircraft-on fire;intense AA fire destroys 1 Baltimore;enemy planes intercept, of which 1 isdestroyed and 4 damaged. In forwardareas, Allied fighter planes break upattack by escorted ME-210's, probablydestroying 1 and damaging 5. In thenorth, German aircraft heavily attackAllied road transport and armoredvehicles; 2 enemy planes destroyedand several damaged.

Mediterranean: In-bound convoyattacked by Axis U-boats; followingships sunk at 36-28 N, 01-00 E: SSFort A La Corne (British cargo ship,7, 133 tons) and SS Hallanger(Norwegian tanker, 9,551 tons).

Tunisia: Enemy in new defensivepositions again contacted and somepenetration effected E of DjebelHaidoudi. Axis defense in El Guettarsector remains stubborn; our advancefrom El Guettar to Gabes delayed bymines. Axis makes small, unsuccess-ful infantry attacks in Maknassy area;enemy ren (probably Italian) enters

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(Cont'd)planes near Maung-daw, damaging 1and probably 2 ofthem; 1 Mohawkdamaged.

India: Force ofabout 21 enemyoombers and fighter,attacks Ramu, des-troying an ammuni-tion dump; 10 Hurri-3anes and 4 MohawksIntercept, destroying4-5 planes, damaging0LO, for loss of 2RAF

planes. AA firedamages 2 of sameflight over battlearea.

Burma: RR yardsat Maymyo twiceattacked by B-25's;hits scored on RRtracks, machineshops, and sheds.P-40's inflictconsiderabledamage onNpyentawng, 3 mi. Nof Sumprabum,during bombing at-tack. At Wuju, inSumprabum area,P-40's score directhits on buildings,starting severalfires and causinglarge explosion.About 10 firesstarted at Mohnyinduring attack byother P-40's. RAFcontinues to operateagainst enemyground forces, andcarries out lightraid on RR stationat Katha.British light naval

craft claims sinkingof 3-4 motorlaunches in Mayu R.during night attack.

Burma: Force of8 B-25 s attacks RRyards at Pyinmana,50 mi. N of Toungooscoring hits on RRtracks and ware'-houses. RR bridgeat Pyinmana is tar-get for 7 B-24's;

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Solomon Is.: One B-17 bombsKahiliairdrome and another attacks runwayand a gun position at Vila. Duringafternoon, 16 SBD's escorted by 23F4F's bomb Munda, badly damagingrunway and starting fires.

New Guinea: Japanese reportedoccupying many villages in Saidorarea.

Four enemy DD's carrying suppliesto Finschafen sighted on 29th and at-tacked morning of 30th off Finschafen.A B-24 shadowing the DD's is inter-cepted 3 times by total of 21 enemyfighters, 2 of which are destroyed, 2others probably destroyed. ThreeB-17's, attacking shipping and docks atFinschafen, score direct hit on a DD,badly damaging it, and set fire tobuilding. Two more heavy attacks onFinschafen are carried out by totalof 8 A-2(0 s and 4 B-25's, with P-38cover, and by 9 RAAF Beaufighters;large fires and explosions result fromhits; fires along waterfront reportedburning for 8 hours. Finschafen alsobombed by single B-24, and another onrcn attacks Finschafen, barges NW ofMadang, and tracks in Saidor area.Lae and Salamaua attacked by 1 B-17.

Enemy shipping at Kaimana Bay at-tacked by B-25; near miss scored on3,000-ton ship. Of 2 fighters attemptin8interception, 1 is shot down and anotherprobably destroyed.

Oro Bay ineffectively'raided by 3 enem:planes during early morning.

New Britain: Gasmata airdromebombed by 5 B-24's which fail to locateDD convoy; half-ton bomb hits on run-way and installations start large fires.B-17 attacks enemy coastal schoonernear C. Gloucester, leaving it in asinking condition; another small vesselunsuccessfully attacked in Ubili area.

Solomon Is.: Eight SBD's escortedby 10 fighters bomb supply dumps atSuavanau Pt., Rekata Bay. At night,Catalina sights and attacks force of 5

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(Cont'd)attacks in upper)onets area and SOf Lake Ilmen. Ger-mans claim frustra-:ion of Soviet at-;acks SW of Vyzamaand S of LakeLadoga. Air forcesof both sides contin-ie to support grouncoperations.

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(Cont'd)merchant ships,several smallervessels, and on RRstation.

Mediterranean:Allied planes attackAxis convoy, con-sisting of 4 largemerchant ships, 1troops transport,and 4 barges es-3orted by 4 DD'sand 1 other navalvessel, in SicilianChannel; -2 largemerchant shipsiestroyed, 2 leftburning. Second2onvoy attacked by

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(Cont'd)idi Bou Zid. In central sector, Axisositions in Djebel Chirich area are)und abandoned; no contact reporteds we advance in Djebel Touila andjebel Trozza areas. On N front,ome British units advance to highround E of Sedjenane; Axis counter-ttack SE of Sedjenane repulsed.El Maou landing ground at Sfaxttacked by 52 RAF medium bombers;aircraft left burning on ground.

ame target bombed by 17 B-25's whichause explosions among bunched air-raft and start fires; intense AA fireamages many of our planes. Anotherttack on the landing ground made by0 medium bombers with escort of 7quadrons of fighters; bursts coveranding ground and dispersal area; 3-res observed. Allied planes makeffensive sweeps throughout day in Elruettar sector, destroying many MTnd tanks; night bombers start 50

ires S of Sfax. Thirty-six P-40's, onombing and strafing mission, destroy0 Axis motor vehicles. On return,8 JU-87's escorted by 12 ME-109'sttacking our ground troops are in-ercepted; attack is broken up, 4 JU-7's and 6 ME-109's destroyed; 6J- 37's and 1 ME-109 damaged foross of 1 P-40.Axis dive bombers and fighterombers attack Allied tanks, and roadransport in Sedjenane sector.

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rhich force B-24'so jettison bombsutside target;nemy lossesuring the 35-min.ttack are 2 des-royed, 2 probably,3 damaged; 1 B-24;rashes and 3 arelamaged. ThreeB-24's bomb RR)ridge at Satthwand 3 others bomh)ridge at Katha.Barracks area andoil concentrationsLt Bhamo attackedby 15 Blenheims;nany fires startedTen Hurricanes

ntercept 12 enemyfighters overRuthidaung, destro:ing 1 and probablymother; 3 Hurri-canes lost.

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