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NAZI COUNTER-OFFENSIVE VAIN ATTEMPT BY TRAPPED ARMY. HEAVY ENEMY AIR LOSSES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, April 8. The German Sixteenth Army, entrapped at Staraya Russa, attempted a counter-offensive today, reports the “Red Star.”’ Infantry, supported by fifty tanks and a hundred planes, succeeded in driving a wedge into the Russian lines, but were checked before breaking out, leaving a thousand dead in front of the Russian positions. The Germans, after losing several tanks, switched the direction of their attack and sent 32 tanks against a village, but again failed. Desperate fighting continues. . The Russians, after smashing German attacks in the Kalinin sector, pushed back the enemy. One Soviet unit penetrated to the rear, where it struck an unexpected blow, driving the Germans from twenty positions, routing two battalions and killing several hundred. The Kuibyshev radio declared that the Germans,' during March, lost over a thousand planes on the Eastern front. Admiral Standley issued a statement at Kuibyshev that the flow of American supplies to Russia will fulfil commitments under the Moscow protocols by the end of April.
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AIR ATTACK ON GERMAN RESERVES. Moving up to eastern FRONT. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 8. Irt the six months, October to March, the Germans on the Eastern front lost half a million men killed, wounded or taken prisoner, including 137,000 killed. The Moscow radio, in making this announcement, added that the Russians were killing between 3.000 and 4,000 Germans daily, on the central front alone. M. Stalin is reported to have ordered the Red Air Force into widespread operations against the German reserves who are on their way to the front line and have been brought to a standstill, by the thaw. Russian airmen are attacking along the whole front. Moscow claims that they have gained numerous victories against the Luftwaffe in the past 'few days. ... .
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 April 1942, Page 4
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