GERMAN THRUSTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1941, Page 5

GERMAN THRUSTS

INDICATION OP PROGRESS IN NORTH. — % BERLIN SPOKESMAN DISOWNS BLITZKRIEG. LOOTING ORDER TO NAZI TROOPS ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, August 14. The mention of Staraya-Russia in the Soviet communique as a new. area of fighting suggests that the Germans have made a 40-mile drive from Soltsa since the fighting was first announced there on Monday. It also means that the Germans have pushed forward 90 miles since the battle south-west from Leningrad first developed at Pskov. A Berlin military spokesman at a press conference said: “British propaganda is stating that the German blitzkrieg was a complete It is, therefore, necessary to make it clear that German strategy never knew the term blitzkrieg, which is the invention of propagandists.” A Zurich message says an official appeal to the German public not to travel unnecessarily reveals that many holiday places are packed with wounded soldiers. A Bucharest message says it is officially denied that the Russians destroyed the Cernavoda bridge. It is claimed that only small fragments of bombs hit the bridge, which is still intact and is carrying its normal train traffic. The Daily Herald’s Moscow correspondent says a captured German High Command order tells German troops that, in addition to robbing the dead, they should take footwear from Russian prisoners. The order, dated July 13 and numbered 902/3, adds: “In the occupied regions it is necessary to seize all leather goods, especially marching footwear.”