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TANK THRUSTS

ADMISSION BY BERLIN SPOKESMAN MANY RUSSIANS BEHIND SPEARHEAD. FIERCE BATTLE RAGING FOR HANKO. LONDON, July 1. While military reports received from Berlin claimed that the German tank columns' were driving along the road from Minsk to Moscow “at a pace which could not be stopped,” the Berlin spokesman admitted, “There are many Russians

behind our armoured spearhead, and the country over which the Panzer divisions are dashing cannot be regarded as occupied.”

Helsinki reports that a fierce battle is raging for Hanko. Finnish airmen dropped leaflets inviting the Russians to surrender.

The German newspaper, “Frankfuerter Zeitung,” warns the public not to draw too far-reaching conclusions from the figures of Soviet losses in the Berlin communiques. “In spite of the losses the enemy has always been strong enough to counter-attack heavily,” it states. A Moscow communique states: “During last night fighting continued in the direction of Murmansk, Dvinsk, Bobruisk (which is south-east of Minsk and about 100 miles inside the old Soviet border), and Luck with night patrolling and. artillery activity in other sectors.

“The enemy succeeded in slight pressure on our troops toward Murmansk, but our land forces and aviation attacked, halting the enemy’s further advance and inflicting heavy losses. “The enemy have thrown new troops into the battle for Dvinsk. Our troops in the Minsk and Bobruisk areas fought a night-long battle against superior enemy forces, successfully resisting their attempts to advance eastward. Infantry, artillery, tanks and air forces took part in the fighting. “We stemmed an advance by the enemy tank units in the Rowne sector (otherwise Rovno, 45 miles east of Luck) and we counter-attacked, inflicting heavy losses. “We continued to hold the State frontier in all other sectors of the front, repelling numerous enemy attacks.

“Our air force struck powerful blows on the enemy tank and rhotorised forces in the regions of Dvinsk, Slutsk and Luck. The results of the air force activity are being ascertained,'’

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1941, Page 5

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TANK THRUSTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1941, Page 5

TANK THRUSTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 July 1941, Page 5

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