NAZIS IN DANGER

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 55, 2 September 1943, Page 6

NAZIS IN DANGER

SOUTH OF SMOLENSK

W. •f 6bfcMlLfei FRONT

S(Byi : .Telegraprif--l >r,ess' 'Association —Copyright.) iJKecS:2 I;p.m J "' •: • ■'- LONDON^' September 1. ;;THe Red. Army is seriously endan"geriiig the 600SmUe German front Srpm the'forests: east of Smolensk to )-thei'Sea. of' Moy.'l '■>.. < v .'• ■• • V^Suter'S. ]VrbiScp^4o?^spon^nt declares that Smolensk and Bryansk, two of the biggest fortresses the Germans still hold, are directly threatened tonight as the Russians tear new gaps in the Germans' harassed lines. He adds'that the Russians are still pressing on towards Smolensk from Yelriya. The Smolensk bastion is threatened as never before. The Germans' forced withdrawal from the Voroshilovgrad area is typical of other retirements they are being compelled to make in order to avoid being out.flanked .by fierce Russian thrusts. The .German High Command communiques for some time have dwelt, on the ■strength of the Russian attacks southwest of Voroshilovgrad. Now the Russians, with the capture of Glukhov and Rylsk, have broken into the northern Ukraine. The enemy apparently realises that the whole of the Ukraine may be untenable. ; *The" Stockholm newspaper "AUehanda" reveals that Gauleiter Koch, . Reich commissioner 0f... the . Ukraine, Telegfaphed to IBerlin to cease sendihg bombed-out- refugee^; to dhe Ukraine. Reuters Moscow, correspondent says that the -Russians are pushing, on on. •the Smolensk -and Sievsk; fronts and •are ■-encbuntering ' strong • resistance. •Fierce battles1 are being waged, and •the wake of the retreating Germans is "strewn with > hundreds of corpses, Smashed' tanks, and wrecked guns. •Russiari: dive-bombers are^operatmg in exxieptional ■ 'strength"everywhere. .-Berlin radio, admitting that the Ger'inan lines in Voroshilovgrad area "Hm been withdrawn,^ says: "They were subjected to furious attacks aiming at a 'complete tb:reak4thrpugh, but the withdrawal liii<?s afei continually, hurl--iiig- fresh' troops into attacks'in-order to-give fresh impetus to their offensive.' Oh the,'central ■~ Donets front, ■ whete in the.past few days -calm has reigned' new v Russian concentrations have been v observed,, foreshadowing fresh actions. - The : Russians ■ have massed several fine divisions, strong tank formations, and . concentrated artillery., They have formed a mixed 'assault unit, ready to launch a frontal attack"

■In- a later broadcast, Berlin' radio - stated that Russian troops' and tanks were successfully infiltrating. the German lines west of Kharkov. "Qur troops here," it said, "found -that they •were,fighting^a two : front battle/ being attacked from;, rear ; and front.: Whole GteMan; regiments , for several days have been s.Utrounded. ■. Our; infantry • could' do little -against J,the;,v.enemy's • giant forces. Powerful Kussian tank forces pressed.back.the, German lines ■until-we were able to muster-reserves."