SOVIET DEFENCES
INCREASING DAILY IN STRENGTH AS ENEMY NEARS MOSCOW. GARRISON COMMANDER’S BROADCAST. LONDON, October 26. The great battle for Moscow continues with unabated fury and with its citizens fully aware of the peril. The 'commander of the Moscow garrison, General Artemyev, in a statement to the “Pravda” says that the enemy are daily nearer the approaches of the capital but adds that the fortifications of the approaches are daily increasing In strength. He warns the population against enemy spies who are being sent to Moscow dressed as Red Army men.
A dispatch from the front published by “Pravda” states that the two main attacks against the city have been repulsed within 12 hours. In them the enemy lost heavily. A’ report from Kuibyshev states that the towns and villages on the Crimean Peninsula are fortifying themselves. There are barricades in Simferopol, while the naval base of Sebastapol bristles with guns.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 October 1941, Page 5
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151SOVIET DEFENCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 October 1941, Page 5
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