ENEMY CLAIMS
FIGHTING IN SMOLENSK AREA & UKRAINE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, August 5. A special German communique states: “German forces in the Smolensk enclosure yesterday continued the annihilation of the encircled Soviet forces. Russian troops, using some tanks, made a final desperate effort to break out, but collapsed under the German fire. Enemy forces encircled and confined in a small area in the Ukraine failed in attempts to break through and were partly wiped out. During the extension of the front 63 miles south-east from Smolensk, we carried out a surprise attack on a new formation of enemy forces and partly encircled and partly destroyed them.”' A Hungarian communique says: “Hungarian troops have reached the River Bug and operations are proceeding according to' plan. The figures of prisoners and war material captured are still growing."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1941, Page 6
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140ENEMY CLAIMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1941, Page 6
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