GERMAN THRUST IN VILNA AREA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 June 1941, Page 5

GERMAN THRUST IN VILNA AREA

Russians Report Re-established Defence FOLLOWING ON DEEP PENETRATION BY NAZI TANKS AIR FORCES ON BOTH SIDES ACTIVELY RAIDING LONDON, June 28. There is no news of today’s fighting in the northern area of the Russian front, but in the northern portion of the centre sector the Russians admit that enemy tanks have penetiatec deeply in the Vilna area. They claim that a severe defeat of the Germans enabled the Russian forces to be reorganised m readiness for further action. The Russians claim to have inflicted considerable losses on enemy tanks by air attack, it appears that the thrust in this region is aimed at Minsk. In the southern sector fighting proceeded all last night. In the Russian-Rumanian frontier region the Germans and Rumanians have made negligible progress, if any. The Russians report severe German air raids on irontier towns, while Russian planes caused great damage to militaiy obiectives in Bucharest, Constanta and other places. Damage to the docks at Constanta is confirmed by seamen arriving’in Turkey. All German parachute troops dropped m Soviet territory have been wiped out. A German communique says nothing about land fighting except that the troops have been victorious on all fronts and that., areat decisions will be announced shortly.