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BLOW FOR BLOW

MAIN RUSSIAN ARMIES STILL INTACT AND CAPABLE OF TAKING INITIATIVE. POSITION AFTER FOURTH WEEK OF BATTLE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 18. The fourth week of Hitler’s onslaught against Russia finds the main Russian armies intact, able to give blow for.blow and still capable of taking the initiative. Most neutral observers are now convinced that Germany’s most spectacular claims are based on the progress of advanced motorised columns, which the infantry In many cases has not consolidated. The chances of German infantry keeping pace with the Panzer troops is even reported to be growing worse rather than improving. The Germans’ greatest penetration has been in the direction of Smolensk, 350 miles having been covered from East Prussia since the outbreak of the war. A German communique claims that the break through the strongly fortified Stalin Line between Mohilev and Vitebsk has been widened beyond Smolensk, which was captured on July 16, despite stubborn, resistance. All enemy attempts to recapture Smolensk have failed. The German troops are over sixty miles beyond the Stalin Line at some points. Operations arc proceeding favourably in all sectors. A Finnish communique says Gorman and Finnish troops in the Ladogakarelia area advanced 90 miles in six days, cutting off large enemy forces from any way of retreat. German troops advancing on Leningrad have captured three thousand prisoners, including a whole battalion of women, the Berlin radio claims. A Russian plane depot was captured containing 150 machines. In the Lake Peipus area, 1500 prisoners were taken. The Russians left many dead on the battlefields, including women wearing civilian clothes under their uniforms.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1941, Page 6

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Tapeke kupu
273

BLOW FOR BLOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1941, Page 6

BLOW FOR BLOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1941, Page 6

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