FULL FLIGHT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20660, 10 January 1942, Page 6

FULL FLIGHT

NAZIS IN RUSSIA INITIATIVE LOST SERIOUS REVERSES VIOLENT RED ATTACKS iElec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Jan. 10, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Jari; 9. Both the Moscow and Kuibyshev radios announce triumphs for the Russian army. The Kuibyshev radio declared; “The Red Army advances victoriously on the the entire front. The German army in full flight, leaving massscs of -equipment.” , ~.. . The Moscow radio stated: “The enemy continues to retreat on many sectors of the front, losing a great number of killed and wounded- and abandoning tanks, 'lorries; and-'guns. The initiative has torn from the enemy’s hands'. The German machine is broken. The Soviet army will do its duty—it will smash the invaders completely. “Russian trob'ps in the Crimea; with men from the Black Sea Fleet, opened a big offensive, recapturing many places. The offensive continues. Sebastopol’s garrison launched a violent attack and regained five miles of territory' and inflicted severe casualties.” Abandoned Equipment The Pravda reports that the Soviet advance on the Karelian front is continuing along > roads littered with abandoned equipment. A Soviet communique states that yesterday Russian troops - fought on various sectors of the front against enemy resistance and dealt heavy blows to the enemy. The' towns of Molalsk, Serpeisk, and Detchino were occupied by Russian troops. ■ ' ! On Thursday, 29 enemy aircraft were shot down against the loss of five Russian. One enemy transport was sunk in the Barents Sea.

These captures marked a notable advance southwest of Moscow.

-uosalsk and Serpeisk are about 15 miles 1.0 the north-west and west of Meshchovsk, which was captured twbdays ago. The latest advance brings the southern Russian offensive in the central sector to 60 miles south-south-east of Viazma, thus increasing the outflanking threat 'to the'".German strongholds of Mojaisk and. Orel. It is pointed out in. informed quarters in London that the Russian salient structure 40 miles -west ■ -of -Kaluga now extends well beyond- any shortened line on which the Germans might have hoped to stand during the winter. hn German Sufferings • ' v ' Frankness continues to, characterise Berlin reports on the, .of troops on the eastern .front, ..says a Stockholm message. ;Aiv official German statement-declares, that, the German home front must be fully-inform-ed of the soldiers’ sufferings, which are being desenoea lengthily in articles and films'. • " The Stockholm newspaper, Dagens Nydieter’s correspondent i. hinu;t Berlin says that according •to persistent reports there many other German generals have been retired following the dismissal of General Brauchitsch. The dismissals affect all the German armies from Lake Onega to the Sea of Azov. ■ h- •: - - :1 ,

The generals commanding in Finland and the north are General von Falkenhirst, General Deitl and General Engelbrecht.