NAZI THRUSTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1941, Page 5

NAZI THRUSTS

WITH RUSSIANS ASTRIDE COMMUNICATIONS

EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH OF FIGHTING AREA. INTERESTING PROBLEMS RAISED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) RUGBY, July 2. A study of the latest Russian and German communiques, in conjunction with the map, underlines the campaign’s most interesting feature, the extraordinary depth over which the fighting is going on. From the fact that over a depth of 180 to 200 miles many bodies of troops, some of them large, are in conflict, qualified military observers here reach the consequently interesting problem or how far can the German mechanised forces continue their advance, with large enemy bodies astride their lines of communications, necessitating the dropping back of considerable forces to maintain these lines. It is seen as a possibility that the process may continue till the German forces at the head of the advance find their supplies not coming through.

EVERY ASSISTANCE

OFFERED BY BRITAIN TO RUSSIA. ' NO DETAILED ARRANGEMENT MADE YET. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, July 2. Replying in the House of Commons to a question, the Minister for Aircraft Production, Lt.-Col. J. C. T. MooreBrabazon, said that although no detailed arrangements had been made yet, every assistance would be rendered to the Soviet Union to enable it to benefit from our war experience, in accordance with the Government’s policy, as outlined by Mr Winston Churchill.

RUSSIAN REPORT

HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED ON ENEMY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, July 2. The latest news of the fighting between Germany and Russia is contained in a brief Russian communique, issued this afternoon. It reports fighting throughout the night in the Murmansk, Dvinsk and Luck sectors. The Germans attacked on the Sredni Peninsula and in the direction of Murmansk, meeting with stiff resistance from the Red Army, which inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.