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ON SECOND FRONT ISSUE PRESS & RADIO REFERENCES IN RUSSIA . ‘•NOW IS NOT TIME TO WAIT.” (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 2. For the first time since the conclusion of the Anglo-Soviet Treaty, the Russian Press and radio have referred to the agitation in England and America for a second front. The newspapers and Russian broadcasts contained two long despatches from London and New York, reporting speeches and demonstrations. The Associated Press of Great Britain’s Moscow correspondent says the “Izvestia” and “Pravda” continue to reiterate that Russia has borne the brunt of the war for thirteen months and say thoughtful Russians undoubtedly believe that England and America should be doing more than the bombing of Germany and sending aid to Russia. The man in the street is convinced that the greatest aid England and America can give to Russia is to create a second front, or at least to attempt it. A meeting of athletes in Moscow unanimously endorsed a message to England and America: “The Germans , are still advancing, but have been i forced to withdraw considerable forces from the West. Now is not the time to wait. Not only from the air must you scourge Germany. Let your tanks, artillery and planes charge the enemy in the wake of your bombers.” Russian radio stations broadcasted the resolution. A Stockholm message reports that the Germans staged extensive exercises on Norway’s western coast, particularly at Kristiansund and southwest of Trondheim, with the object of “repelling the invader.” Navigation and fishing were banned during the manoeuvres. SOVIET TANKS QUICKLY INTO ACTION. BATTLE ON LOWER DON. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) RUGBY, August 2. Reports from Moscow indicate tha’ manpower and tanks are being rushed io the Don. The “Red Star” reports that a train-load of tanks, armed with machine-guns and anti-aircraft guns, beat off German bombers and delivered the tanks within four miles of the battlefield. The tanks were unloaded and. immediately joined in the fighting. A Moscow Press message stated that the Soviet Air Force frustrated all German attempts to equip an aerodrome on the southern bank of the Lower Don. Night and day mass attacks are being made on the bridgehead and the surrounding concentration of troops supplies, aircraft and railways. These attacks are preventing the Germans crossing the river in force in a number of sectors.
LITTLE RECENT PROGRESS MADE BY THE GERMANS. EXCEPT SOUTH & SOUTH-EAST OF ROSTOV. (Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, August 2. Except south and south-east of Rostov, where the Germans are still progressing, the Russian front has not appreciably changed since July 31. There is very heavy fighting, still on the arc between Kalach, south-west of Kletskaya, where great armies are locked in a titanic struggle, now well into its second week. “The Times” Stockholm correspondent says the Russians are yielding' ground south of the Lower Don and 1 only the Russian rearguard is engaged. The Germans admit that Marshal Timoshenko took most of his heavy armour across the Lower Don and that therefore he has a first-rate army intact somewhere, which is able to resist the enemy as he is being resisted on the Don bend.
“The Times” Moscow correspondent says the German drive in the Salsk area appears to be aimed to desolate the Manich Valley, running south-east to the Caspian, with an overwhelming superiority in tanks —there significantly is no mention of Russian tanks in this sector —enabling the enemy to make rapid progress once a break through is effected, but the Russians are stubbornly defending the country, particularly the gunners who cling to every feasible line of defence and take heavy toll. The Cossacks are proving tough defensive fighters, but are being overborne by the German machines, which are streaming to the front under strong air cover.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1942, Page 4
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