MADE BY RUSSIANS ON CENTRAL FRONT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1941, Page 5

MADE BY RUSSIANS ON CENTRAL FRONT

Germans Said To Be In Difficulties NAVAL BATTLE IN BALTIC REPORTED / FINNS CLAIM CAPTURE OF VIBORG LONDON, August 2!). The Russians continue their stout resistance to the enemy’s onslaught. In the central sector, the Germans are hurriedly organising a second line of defence in an attempt to hold the Russian advance. The Germans are retreating in scattered groups, leaving weapons, etc., behind them. Fifteen thousand Germans were killed in one battle alone in this area. The Germans are said to be rushing up fresh troops from the rear and from other sectors. Documents captured by the Russians have revealed the desperate situation of the Germans on this front. A great naval battle is reported to have taken place in the Gulf of Finland. The firing of the guns could be heard, in Helsinki. The Germans claim to have sunk 25 Russian transports and 10 warships. There is no news of the battle from Moscow. The Finns claim to have captured Viborg and the Germans state that they have cut the Moscow-Leningrad railway. In the south it appears that some Russian units have succeeded in recrossing the Dnieper. The Germans state that these attacks were largely frustrated.