1/9/1943. 9.= am (dutch time) Richard Wessel
Berlin has been bombed again on the 4th.
anniversary of the treacherous attacks on 
Poland.
Yesterday evening ended a dawn to dawn
attack by flying fortresses which .....
...... in France. 6 bombers and 2 of our 
fighters were lost.
Over here a few enemy planes crossed our
coasts.
The Germans are losing heavily in a battle
some 100 miles N.W. of Bryansk and the 
same distance S.W. 5000 Germans were 
killed and the Russians are now
50 miles of Smolensk. The Russians
destroyed and captured 56 tanks, 60 ..... ,
and 200 lorries and trucks and 37 planes.
and they are driving on towards Smolensk.
From ..... they are driving to the 
South and South West and the Germans 
were 37 miles pressed back.
One Russian unit killed 3000 Germans
Over 200 towns and villages were
captured. Fighting also ..... places
100 miles west of Koersk. The Russians

Transcriber's note: 
for Koersk
read Kursk