GROWING IN STRENGTH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1941, Page 6

GROWING IN STRENGTH

SOVIET COUNTER=ATTACKS AT LENINGRAD HIGH MORALE OF DEFENDING FORCES. HOPES OF DRIVING ENEMY BACK. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 28. A further stiffening of the defence of Leningrad is reported by the newspaper ‘"lzvestia,” under the title “Red Army counter-attacks on the Leningrad front are growing in strength.” The newspaper, described the Soviet drive as aiming to force back the Germans to the bank of an unnamed river. It says the Russians have dislodged the enemy from three lines of fortified positions, despite very fierce resistance. A violent battle is continuing in this sector and also on the rest of the Leningrad front. Co-ordination by land, sea and air forces is a vital factor in the defence of Leningrad. It is strengthened by the population of the city and “behind the enemy lines.” The morale of the Army, Nqvy and Air Force defending Leningrad is best expressed by a correspondent of the “Red Star” in Leningrad, who says: “We have checked the German advance. Now let us bleed him white and attack him incessantly, then drive him back.” FINNISH CLAIM

(Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, September 28. A Finnish communique records the capture of Rajsa, 25 miles southwards of Petrovskoie. The Finns made an air raid on the railway in the vicinity of Petrovskoie.